Southwest District ARES

Southwest District ARES The Southwest District ARES handles emergency communications for 20 counties. Our watchword is "When All Else Fails - Amateur Radio."

Brooks, Thomas, Grady,Decatur, Seminole, Colquitt, Mitchell, Baker, Miller, Early, Worth, Dougherty, Calhoun, Clay, Lee, Terrell, Randolph, Quitman, Crisp, Sumter. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, with their local ARES leadership, for communications duty in the public service when disaster

strikes.The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is dedicated to helping served agencies when events cause the total loss of communications.

04/10/2026

HF NET for ARES
is coming soon on
Monday nights @ 8:00pm local
10m - around 28.583MHz

GANG is all here.
03/19/2026

GANG is all here.

This ONE!
03/15/2025

This ONE!

08/05/2024

Debby will bring HISTORIC FLOODING as her slow movement will likely stall near the GA/SC Border. So areas around Savannah & Charleston could see historic flooding!

08/05/2024

Activation of Southwest District in the Morning.

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08/05/2024

We're getting a lot of comments asking about potential impacts to specific cities. It is not efficient to answer everyone's question, so it is recommended to check the point-and-click forecast for your location of interest for more info.

Tallahassee hourly forecast example: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=30.4407&lon=-84.2783&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical

In addition, we're getting questions about counties outside of our area of responsibility. Here is the map of the 48 counties covered by us between the FL Panhandle/Big Bend, SE AL, and SW GA. Check with neighboring offices from either NWS Mobile, Birmingham, Peachtree City, Jacksonville, Tampa.

Happy American Birthday Ya'll
07/04/2024

Happy American Birthday Ya'll

11/23/2023
Looks Like Friday is happening!
09/26/2022

Looks Like Friday is happening!

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Thomasville, GA

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