Daily Operations Briefing Friday, January 22, 2016 8:30 a.m. EST
Significant Activity: Jan 21-22 Significant Events: Winter Storm Eastern U.S. Significant Weather: Heavy snow possible Cascades and Sierras; Lower Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic Freezing rain possible Tennessee/Ohio valleys to Mid-Atlantic Severe thunderstorms possible Southeast Rain and snow Pacific Northwest to Northern Rockies and Central Great Basin; Lower Mississippi Valley to Mid- Atlantic Rain Pacific Northwest to coastal CA Red Flag Warnings / Elevated Fire Weather conditions None Space weather: Past 24 hours None; next 24 hours None Declaration Activity: Major Disaster Declaration Approved MO Major Disaster Declaration Approved AL Request for Major Disaster Declaration ID Earthquake Activity: No significant activity
Winter Storm Eastern U.S. Current Situation: Major winter storm is forecast for much of the East Coast today into early Sunday State/Local Preparations/Response: State of Emergencies declared: VA, PA, MD, WV, NC, GA & DC FEMA Region II NY State EOC will activate to Partial Activation NY City EOC will activate to Monitoring at 6:00 a.m. EDT on January 23 NJ EOC will activate to Partial Activation at 6:00 p.m. EDT today FEMA Region III VA & WV activating National Guard personnel; DE & MD preparing National Guard for assistance DC EOC; VA EOC Full Activation MD; PA; WV & DE EOC will activate to Monitoring FEMA Region IV GA, MS & TN EOCs at Partial Activation KY, NC & SC EOCs at Monitoring Federal Preparations: FEMA Region III will activate to Level III at 7:00 a.m. EST Saturday; LNO deployed to MD EOC Team deployed to DCHSEMA All other affected FEMA Regions remain at Watch/Steady State FEMA Region IV LNOs deployed to NC & GA EOCs FEMA NWC Enhanced Watch FEMA HQ Logistics: LMD personnel deploying to MCC in DC ISB personnel deploying to JB Anacostia-Boling MERS personnel and 2 MCOVs deploying to support ISB team and FSA operations USACE working contingencies for temporary power requirements Temporary power planning teams identified USACE 249th Engineering Battalion alerted Coordinated with USACE generator installation contractor
National Weather Forecast http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php Today Tomorrow
Snowfall Forecast http://w2.weather.gov/images/crh/dhs/wpc_snow.png
Maximum Forecast Wind Gusts B2short2_php.png
Ice Forecast http://w2.weather.gov/images/crh/dhs/wpc_ice.png
Active Watches/Warnings http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
Severe Weather Outlook, Days 1-3 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Precipitation Forecast, 1-3 Day Day 1 http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml Day 2 Day 3
Hazard Outlook, January 24-28 http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.php
U.S. Drought Monitor
Space Weather Past 24 Hours Current Next 24 Hours Space Weather Activity None None None Geomagnetic Storms None None None Solar Radiation Storms None None None Radio Blackouts None None None HF Communication Impact Sunspot Activity http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/ space-weather-enthusiasts http://spaceweather.com/ http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geophysical-alert-wwv-text
Disaster Requests & Declarations Declaration Requests in Process Requests APPROVED (since last report) Requests DENIED (since last report) 3 Date Requested 2 0 LA EM Severe Storms & Flooding January 8, 2016 MI DR (Expedited) Appeal Contaminated Water January 20, 2016 ID DR Severe Winter Storm January 20, 2016 AL DR Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds & Flooding January 13, 2016 MO DR Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds & Flooding January 15, 2016 Declared January 21, 2016 Declared January 21, 2016
Major Disaster Declaration Request Idaho January 20, 2016 Governor requested a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Idaho For severe winter storm during the period of December 16-27, 2015 Requesting Public Assistance for 3 counties Hazard Mitigation statewide PA Requested Counties
Major Disaster Declaration Approved AL FEMA-4251-DR-AL On January 21, 2016, a Major Disaster Declaration was approved for State of Alabama For severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of December 23-31, 2015 Provides: Public Assistance for 39 counties Hazard Mitigation statewide FCO is Elizabeth Turner PA Requested Counties
Major Disaster Declaration Approved MO FEMA-4250-DR-MO On January 21, 2015, a Major Disaster Declaration was approved for the State of Missouri For severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding during the period of December 23, 2015 to January 9, 2016 Provides: Individual Assistance for 33 counties Hazard Mitigation statewide FCO is Michael L. Parker IA Declared Counties
Open Field Offices as of January 22
Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments Region State / Location Event IA/PA Number of Counties Start End Requested Complete IV AL GA Severe Weather & Flooding December 23, 2015 continuing Severe Weather & Flooding December 23, 2015 continuing PA 47 42 1/7 TBD PA 27 0 1/20 TBD TX Severe Storms December 26, 2015 continuing IA 6 6 12/31 1/6 PA 22 17 12/30 TBD VI AR Severe Storms & Flooding December 26, 2015 continuing IA 20 15 1/11 TBD PA 42 39 1/6 TBD OK Severe Winter Storms December 26, 2015 continuing IA 9 5 1/19 TBD PA 41 38 1/5 TBD VII MO Flooding & Flash Flooding December 22, 2015 continuing IA 41 41 1/6 1/13 PA 40 30 1/13 TBD
FEMA Readiness Deployable Teams /Assets Resource Status Total FMC Available Partially Available Not Available Deployable Teams/Assets Detailed, Deployed, Activated FCO 39 21 54% 0 3 15 Only 2 Type1 FCOs are available FDRC 8 3 38% 0 0 5 Comments US&R 28 27 96% 0 1 0 NM-TF1 (Red) - Personnel shortages National IMAT Regional IMAT MERS Teams 3 3 100% 0 0 0 Elements of IMAT East-1 are deployed to the HHS SOC in DC 13 6 46% 0 0 9 18 16 89% 0 0 2 Deployed: RIV (Team 2) Deployed to MS RV (Team 1) Deployed to MI RVI (Team 1) Deployed to LA RVI (Team 2) Deployed to TX RVII Deployed to MO RIX (Team 2) Deployed to CA RX Deployed to WA Available to re-deploy, as needed: RVIII Deployed to OST, SD RIX (Team 1) Deployed to CA 1 Team Deployed to MI 1 Team Deployed to DC Rating Criterion OFDC Readiness: FCO Green Yellow Red Type 1 3+ 2 1 Type 2 4+ 3 2 Type 3 4 3 2 FDRC 3 2 1 Green = Available/FMC Yellow = Available/PMC Red = Out-of-Service Blue = Assigned/Deployed Green: 3 avail Yellow: 1-2 avail Red: 0 avail (Individual N-IMAT red if 50% of Section Chiefs and/or Team Leader is unavailable for deployment.) Green: 7 or more avail Yellow: 4-6 teams available Red: > 8 teams deployed/unavailable R-IMAT also red if TL Ops/Log Chief is unavailable & has no qualified replacement Green = >66% available Yellow = 33% to 66% available Red = <33% available
FEMA Readiness National/Regional Teams Resource Status Total FMC Available Partially Available National/Regional Teams Not Available Status Comments NWC 5 5 100% 0 0 Activated Enhanced Watch W/Logistics Support NRCC 2 344 89% 0 44 Not Activated Rating Criterion Green = FMC Yellow = PMC Red = NMC HLT 1 N/A N/A 0 0 Not Activated DEST Not Activated RRCCs 10 10 100% 0 0 Not Activated Region VII RRCC de-activated RWCs/MOCs 10 10 100% 0 0 Not Activated