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06-30-2025 - 5:45 AM - Good Morning! It's Monday. By all indications (on the air chatter), our local Amateur (ham) Radio Operators had a successful Field Day event at Kiwanis Park over the weekend. The Texas Rangers lost again yesterday. I'm not sure about those Rangers; they're up one day and down the next. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
06-30-2025 - 6:00 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 97.9% Kemp: 100% Kickapoo: 100%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 99.1% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (98.95%) to determine drought stage.
06-30-2025 - 6:00 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 10,264 Megawatts.
06-30-2025 - 6:00 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 102. South southwest wind around 9 mph. Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
06-30-2025 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring – June 29–30, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents/operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Central/Southern Plains, Ohio Valley, and Southern Rockies
• Fire Weather – Northwest
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic:
• Remnants of Barry
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Eastern Pacific:
• Tropical Storm Flossie
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
06-30-2025 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Sun Jul 6 5:17 AM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 17°, Appears: 10° above NNW, Disappears: 10 ENE. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
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06-30-2025 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Sun Jul 6 9:56 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 34°, Appears: 10° above SSW, Disappears: 10° ENE. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
06-30-2025 - According to KAUZ TV, the final report on the May 2024 Sheppard AFB ejection seat accident reveals that the instructor pilot had disconnected himself from the ejection seat and parachute as the plane taxied to the parking area. At some point, the instructor pilot accidentally activated his ejection seat. During the ejection, the pilot and seat separated, and the pilot died upon impact with the ground. In other KAUZ news, the Meals on Wheels program is in trouble due to federal funding cuts, and the Wichita Theater gets a national grant to launch a Veteran Improv Group. Sometimes the world seems upside down.
06-30-2025 - I checked the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® spotter page and saw several inviting targets, but when I turned on the radio, I found them relatively weak, even for CW (Morse code). So, I moved over to the CB Radio for a while to let the skip-shooters entertain me.
06-30-2025 - If you remember the "countdown" traffic light at the intersection of East Scott and Hines, you're no spring chicken!
06-30-2025 - At 6:00 PM, the local Amateur (ham) Radio Skywarn® weather spotters issued an update from the National Weather Service. Storms have been springing to the north and to the southwest of Wichita Falls. Tune in to these updates at 146.940 MHz on your scanner radio.
06-30-2025 - The Local Group is on CB Radio Channel 23 as usual most evenings. These folks will be among those "in the know" if and when "it hits the fan." Are you radio-equipped?
06-30-2025 - Texoma's Home Page (KFDX) features a story about promotions, awards, and retirements at the Wichita Falls Police Department. The same things happen at the James V. Allred Unit (prison), but for some reason, they are not covered by our local news media.