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05-30-2025 - 6:30 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 10,539 Megawatts.
05-30-2025 - 6:30 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A 30 percent chance of showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Light and variable wind.
05-30-2025 - 6:15 AM - Good Morning! It's Friday. I heard thunder last night but haven't checked the weather stats, so I don't know if we got any rain. I'd love to see all three monitored lakes at 100% capacity. We're close! My cup of Folgers Black Silk coffee is at 100%, so I'll work on that.
05-29-2025 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU ISSUES NOTICE OF ILLEGAL PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING (NIPRB) TO XXXXXX AND XXXXXX. The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to Bronx property owners for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property.. by NIPRB. EB. Names removed by Wichita Falls Radio as being irrelevant. Don't be a pirate!
05-29-2025 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 28–29, 2025 -
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents/operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Southern Plains and Southeast
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern/Central Plains
• Tropical Activity
Eastern Pacific:
• Tropical Depression One-E
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-29-2025 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Thu May 29 9:30 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 63°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 16° above SSE. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 97.3% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo: 100.0%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 98.8% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (98.65%) to determine drought stage.
05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 11,048 Megawatts.
05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - Good Morning! It's Thursday, and the Texas Rangers lost again last night. I can see that guy speaking to the team in the movie The Natural: "Losing is a disease." There are no Amateur (ham) Radio contacts between U.S. schools and the International Space Station listed for the very near future. I'll keep you posted. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
05-28-2025 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring - May 27-28, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms - Central and Southern Plains
• Excessive Rainfall / Flash Flooding - Southern Plains
• Tropical Activity:
Eastern Pacific:
• Disturbance 1 (Invest 90E): High (near 100%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
05-28-2025 - At 6:10 AM, the North Texas State Hospital, Wichita Falls edition, is active on 154.800 MHz. Tune in with your scanner radio!
05-28-2028 - 5:50 AM - The nearby Walmart is coming alive on 154.570 MHz. At the same time, CB Radio Channel 19 is waking up with local trucking traffic.
05-28-2025 - 5:40 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 97.0% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo: 100.0%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 98.8% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (98.5%) to determine drought stage.
05-28-2025 - 5:40 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 9,647 Megawatts.
05-28-2025 - 5:30 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.