Ham Radio operators monitor a Tornado for the Emergency Operations Center in Tuolumne

Ham Radio operators monitor a Tornado for the Emergency Operations Center in Tuolumne #hamradio
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Select recordings of ham radio operators observing weather conditions during a Tornado event on March 11th 2023. #hamradio #tornado #thunderstorm #arrl #repeaters #storm #stormchasing
#sonora #tuolumne #amateurradio #hamharder #atmosphericriver #winterstorm #springstorm
tcares.net
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The tornado touched down shortly before 3 p.m. along Old Melones Road along the south end of New Melones Lake and west of Sonora and Jamestown. Saturday's tornado in Tuolumne County damaged the Woods Creek Mobile Home Park in Jamestown. Initially, the National Weather Service Sacramento listed the tornado as having a max width of 1,000 yards (.568 miles) and a path length of .8 miles with winds peaking at 90 miles per hour.
On Monday, however, NWS corrected their numbers to a path width of just 100 yards
No injuries were reported. Though, the tornado did damage several trees and snapped at least two power poles in half, the NWS said. This came as severe thunderstorms moved east through the region. The area was under tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flash flood warnings all at once.
The city of Sonora was one area that had extensive reports of roadway flooding over the course of the afternoon and evening. Going into Sunday, sandbag locations were set up around the region.
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The Alternate Net Control recorded active stations during the exercise. Following the Net Check-in procedure by Net Control, Alternate Net Control polled the stations available for a "Station Status".
Alternate Net Control recorded twenty six active stations during the exercise. Operators were willing to responded to needs as before, but opportunities were few. Reports were recorded of water blocking the roads, general weather changes, lightning and so on, but far less that yesterday. . Radio coverage by stations again included an area from the HWY 120 corridor, to 108 and HWY 4 corridor extending beyond the Tuolumne county boundaries. Stations monitored internet, and provided reports of commercial power status around the area, keeping all informed over the radio. Meetings and activity over GMRS radio involved several hams reporting fifteen contacts.
Larry D. Brown
W6LDB
Active Stations Recorded During
Tuolumne County EOC Activation
N7BKV Brian
KT6DIB Tom
KM6FPY Tim
KG6J Jerry
KG6KFA Dwayne
WA6HNA Greg
K6CFA Cody
W6LDB Larry
W6PHO Dave EOC
K6NED Ned EOC
K6TNI Toni EOC
K6CDP Chris Groveland GMRS 9
N6JWT Jeff GMRS 2
N6LAW Larry GMRS 4
KN6ERF Brad
KM6ZYI Scott
W6CRP Carlos Arnold
KM6RFT Ginger
W6MVM Mike
AE6RN Sterling
KJ6OC Carol
KN6CWT Paul EOC
KE6KYI Grayson
K6DCL Dave
KN6MKS Tim
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