DE AFN1EC NR 002
R 061700Z FEB 07
FM AFN1EC ME
TO USAF MARS
INFO SHARES
ZEN ARMY MARS
ZEN NAVMARCORMARS
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MARS EXERCISE DEEP FREEZE 07
SUBJ: ECOM BDCST 07-02 DEEP FREEZE WX ALERT UPDATE
1. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 AM EST THURSDAY UNTIL 11 PM EST FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MI, NORTHERN IN, NORTHERN OH, FAR NORTHWEST PA NORTHERN AND WESTERN NY, CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VT, CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NH, AND ALL OF ME EXCEPT THE COAST.
2. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE WATCH AREA, AND BECOME HEAVY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY, AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY GUSTING TO 60 MPH, BRINGING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO DUE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
3. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE FRIDAY COULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 FEET, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 4 FEET. SNOW DRIFTS IN THE 20 TO 30 FOOT RANGE ARE POSSIBLE.
4. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS WITHOUT A SECONDARY SOURCE OF HEAT SHOULD MAKE PLANS TO FIND SAFE SHELTER FOR THE STORM. ROADS COULD BECOME CLOSED FOR DAYS. ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THURSDAY. TRAVELERS OUT DURING THE STORM COULD BECOME STRANDED. THIS COULD BECOME A LIFE-THREATENING STORM.
5. USAF MARS SHOULD EXPEDITE PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR THIS STORM.
6. FURTHER WX ALERTS WILL BE BDCST AS RECEIVED.
7. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND - IN EMERGENCIES
8. SGD HARRY L. MARSTERS II, CMSGT, USAF
USAF MARS NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
MARS EXERCISE
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