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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service [ARES] is the field arm of the Amateur Radio Relay League [ARRL]. The League deals with all aspects of Amateur Radio, including legislation, licensing, and contests; the ARES branch specifically handles field communications, particularly during emergencies. When you hear in the news that Amateur Radio operators were part of a search and rescue operation, assisted in getting aid to a ship in trouble at sea, or provided communications for a Red Cross shelter, you're hearing about an ARES function.
You become an ARES amateur radio operator by joining ARRL, but a "Ham" does not need to be a member of ARRL to participate in ARES. If you become an Emergency Coordinator [EC], you do need to join the ARRL.
The Kenosha County Emergency Coordinator is Cathy Markstrom, KC9EOW
The Racine County Emergency Coordinator is Jim Markstrom, KB9MMA
Download the ARES Application (PDF 22.8kB)
Download Blank Radiogram Forms (PDF 14.1kB)
ARES Practice Weather Net for net control operators
The Kenosha County ARES Yahoo Group
Racine, Wisconsin - (WIZ071)Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Wisconsin Issued by NOAA's National Weather ServiceAir Quality Alert - Racine (Wisconsin) ... AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE MAJORITY OF WISCONSIN FOR TODAY... WISCONSIN CONTINUES TO BE IN A VERY STAGNANT AIR PATTERN. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF PARTICLE POLLUTION IN THE REGION THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR TODAY. THIS WATCH WILL BE IN AFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. THE AIR QUALITY WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WISCONSIN COUNTIES OF COLUMBIA... DANE... DODGE... FOND DU LAC... GREEN... GREEN LAKE... IOWA... JEFFERSON... KENOSHA... LAFAYETTE... MARQUETTE... MILWAUKEE... OZAUKEE... RACINE... ROCK... SAUK... SHEBOYGAN... WALWORTH... WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA... COUNTIES. TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS... PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE... AVOID BURNING... MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE IDLING... POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT... AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION. FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR... 1-866-324-5924. $$ SEARS Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage Dense Fog Advisory - Racine (Wisconsin) .A RELATIVELY MILD AND MOIST AIRMASS OVER A COLD GROUND WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE WEAKENS OVER IOWA TONIGHT... LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED THE AIRMASS TO COOL RESULTING IN FOG. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... AS WELL AS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN... WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-121000- /O.EXT.KMKX.FG.Y.0005.100312T0150Z-100312T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... MONTELLO... BERLIN... FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN... BARABOO... PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE... MADISON... JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD... MILWAUKEE... DARLINGTON... MONROE... JANESVILLE... BELOIT... ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA... RACINE... KENOSHA 750 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010 ... DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING... DENSE FOG OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF FRIDAY MORNING. SOME FOG MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY... VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 1/4 MILE... AND WILL LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS... NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING... SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS... AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ REM Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage Flood Watch - Racine (Wisconsin) MILWAUKEE RIVER NEAR CEDARBURG AFFECTING OZAUKEE COUNTY ROOT RIVER CANAL AT RAYMOND AFFECTING RACINE COUNTY WIZ071-120940- /O.CON.KMKX.FL.A.0005.100313T0000Z-100314T0600Z/ /RAYW3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 940 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010 THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ROOT RIVER CANAL AT RAYMOND * FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * AT 9:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * FORECAST... FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY TOMORROW EVENING. $$ RIVER FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL RIVER GAGING LOCATIONS. THE 7 DAY RIVER FORECAST TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PAST PRECIPITATION... SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ETC..AND PREDICTED FUTURE 24 HOUR BASIN-AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. (STAGES IN FT.) BANK- LATEST - FLOOD FULL OBSERVED LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME CEDARBURG 11.0 10.0 7.88 09 PM 03/11 RAYMOND 9.0 7.0 8.61 09 PM 03/11 - HIGHEST 24 HOUR CHANGE - OBSERVED IN RIVER STAGE - STAGE IN (FT.) UP TO HIGHEST STAGE - THE LAST LATEST OBSERVED FORECAST IN - 7 DAYS STAGE NEXT 7 DAYS CEDARBURG 7.88 09 PM 03/11 1.04 11.70 07 AM 03/14 RAYMOND 8.61 09 PM 03/11 M 9.04 06 AM 03/13 ... BELOW IS PREDICTED 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION INFORMATION FOR THE LISTED SITES... (CEDW3) 6-HOUR PREDICTED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS (IN.) CEDARBURG: 6 PM-MIDN 0.62 CEDARBURG: MIDN-6 AM 0.02 CEDARBURG: 6 AM-NOON 0.00 CEDARBURG: NOON-6 PM 0.00 (RAYW3) 6-HOUR PREDICTED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS (IN.) RAYMOND: 6 PM-MIDN 0.31 RAYMOND: MIDN-6 AM 0.00 RAYMOND: 6 AM-NOON 0.00 RAYMOND: NOON-6 PM 0.00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage Short Term Forecast - Racine (Wisconsin) .NOW... LOOK FOR A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN STRETCHING NORTH NORTHWESTWARD INTO MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES TO BE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THE LINE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THIS LINE WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH 11 PM MOVING INTO WESTERN WAUKESHA AND WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE... AREAS OF FOG WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED. FOG IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND DENSE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... PLEASE USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$ KUHLMAN Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage | Kenosha, Wisconsin - (WIZ072)Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Wisconsin Issued by NOAA's National Weather ServiceFlood Warning - Kenosha (Wisconsin) PECATONICA RIVER AT MARTINTOWN AFFECTING GREEN COUNTY SUGAR RIVER AT BRODHEAD AFFECTING ROCK AND GREEN COUNTIES ... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN... ILLINOIS... FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER AFFECTING KENOSHA AND LAKE COUNTIES WIC059-ILC097-121537- /O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /NMSW3.1.ER.100311T1030Z.100317T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 937 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER. * AT 9:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST... THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.9 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING. * IMPACT... AT 13.5 FEET... THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO HOMES ADJACENT TO THE RIVER IN THE TOWNS OF WHEATLAND... SILVER LAKE AND SALEM. SOME FAMILIES EVACUATE THEIR HOMES. SOME COUNTY ROADS ARE CLOSED. $$ Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage Air Quality Alert - Kenosha (Wisconsin) ... AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE MAJORITY OF WISCONSIN FOR TODAY... WISCONSIN CONTINUES TO BE IN A VERY STAGNANT AIR PATTERN. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF PARTICLE POLLUTION IN THE REGION THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR TODAY. THIS WATCH WILL BE IN AFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. THE AIR QUALITY WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WISCONSIN COUNTIES OF COLUMBIA... DANE... DODGE... FOND DU LAC... GREEN... GREEN LAKE... IOWA... JEFFERSON... KENOSHA... LAFAYETTE... MARQUETTE... MILWAUKEE... OZAUKEE... RACINE... ROCK... SAUK... SHEBOYGAN... WALWORTH... WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA... COUNTIES. TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS... PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE... AVOID BURNING... MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE IDLING... POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT... AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION. FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR... 1-866-324-5924. $$ SEARS Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage Dense Fog Advisory - Kenosha (Wisconsin) .A RELATIVELY MILD AND MOIST AIRMASS OVER A COLD GROUND WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE WEAKENS OVER IOWA TONIGHT... LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED THE AIRMASS TO COOL RESULTING IN FOG. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA... AS WELL AS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN... WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-121000- /O.EXT.KMKX.FG.Y.0005.100312T0150Z-100312T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... MONTELLO... BERLIN... FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN... BARABOO... PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE... MADISON... JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD... MILWAUKEE... DARLINGTON... MONROE... JANESVILLE... BELOIT... ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA... RACINE... KENOSHA 750 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010 ... DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING... DENSE FOG OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF FRIDAY MORNING. SOME FOG MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY... VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 1/4 MILE... AND WILL LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS... NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING... SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS... AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ REM Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage Short Term Forecast - Kenosha (Wisconsin) .NOW... LOOK FOR A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN STRETCHING NORTH NORTHWESTWARD INTO MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES TO BE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THE LINE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THIS LINE WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH 11 PM MOVING INTO WESTERN WAUKESHA AND WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE... AREAS OF FOG WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED. FOG IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND DENSE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... PLEASE USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$ KUHLMAN Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage |
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