DE AFN1EC NR 005
R 061735Z 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 07-05 DEEP FREEZE WX ALERT UPDATE
1. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 AM EST THURSDAY UNTIL 11 PM FRIDAY FOR EASTERN VA, EASTERN NC, MD, DE, SOUTHEAST PA, NJ, NY CITY, LONG ISLAND, AND COASTAL SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
2. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO FALL THURSDAY OVER THE WATCH AREA, AND BECOME HEAVY THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD CAUSE DEVASTATING RECORD FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT, AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 80 MPH POSSIBLE ON THE COAST. THE GUSTY WINDS WOULD LIKELY CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. FLOODED ROADS AND WASHED OUT BRIDGES COULD MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
3. BEHIND THE STORM ON FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE TO THE SINGLE NUMBERS ABOVE ZERO. HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS READINGS DROPPING TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO FRIDAY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. ROADS COULD BE CLOSED FOR DAYS. ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THURSDAY.
4. FURTHER WX ALERTS WILL BE BDCST AS RECEIVED.
5. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND - IN EMERGENCIES
6. SGD HARRY L. MARSTERS II, CMSGT, USAF
USAF MARS NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
MARS EXERCISE
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