Hurricane Erick Update for June 19, 2025
Hurricane Erick made landfall early Thursday morning, June 19, in southern Mexico as Category 3 storm with winds of 125 miles per hour (MPH). As of 600 AM CST Thursday (1200 UTC), the center of Hurricane Erick was located along the coast of Mexico just east of Punta Maldonado.
The Hurricane Watch Net noted that Erick is moving toward the northwest at close to 9 MPH and this general motion is expected to continue through tonight. On the forecast track, the center of Erick is expected to move inland over southern Mexico throughout the day. Erick is expected to rapidly weaken over the mountains of Mexico, and the system is likely to dissipate tonight or early Friday, June 20.
Given the proximity of this hurricane, Zian Julio Aguirre Taboada, XE1ATZ, Director of the National Emergency Network (RNE) of the Mexican Federation of Radio Experimenters (FMRE), has requested protection for the following emergency frequencies that will be used during the approach and pass of Hurricane Erick:
80-meter band: 3,960 kHz
40-meter band: 7,128 kHz
20-meter band: 14,120 kHz
Taboada is asking that all amateur radio operators refrain from transmitting on these frequencies and simply listen in case they need assistance from the FMRE.
— Per ARRL.com
Coos County Radio Club 