Daily Operations Briefing Saturday, January 16, 2016 8:30 a.m. EST
Significant Activity: Jan 15-16 Significant Events: None Significant Weather: Flooding Central and Southern US Nor'easter expected over Mid-Atlantic coast tonight; New England on Sat Rain & mountain snow Pacific Northwest Heavy rain and thunderstorms Gulf Coast Snow Northern Plains into Upper Great Lakes Red Flag Warnings / Elevated Fire Weather conditions: None Space Weather Storms: Past 24: no space storms observed; no storms predicted for the next 24 hours Declaration Activity: Major Disaster Declaration FEMA-4249-DR approved for Washington Missouri Request for Major Disaster Declaration Michigan Request for Emergency Declaration Michigan Request for Expedited Major Disaster Declaration Amendment No. 1 to FEMA-4248-DR-MS
2 Day Tropical Outlook South Pacific Tropical Cyclone 07P (Victor) Warning #4 (As of 4:00 a.m. EST) Located 306 miles east of American Samoa Moving south at 6 MPH; Maximum sustained winds of 85 MPH Closest point of approach to Pago Pago is 273 miles at 7:00 a.m. EST, January 16 A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Manua Islands (American Samoa) FEMA Preparations o Region IX Watch remains in regular contact with the American Samoa EOC and NWS Pago Pago
National Weather Forecast Day 1 http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php Today Tomorrow
Active Watches/Warnings http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
Precipitation Forecast, 1-3 Day Day 1 http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml Day 2 Day 3
Mississippi River Mississippi River @ Vicksburg: Current Level: 50.19 Observed Peak 50.23 (Jan 15) - 140 homes currently threatened @ current level Mississippi River @ Baton Rouge: Current Level: 43.03 Forecast Peak 43.5 (Jan 17) - Bonnet Carre Spillway slowly opening as of Jan 10; 20 gates currently open - Gates will continue to be opened until the 17/18 th, with a max of 200 gates - Morganza Spillway will NOT open
Severe Weather Outlook, Days 1-3 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Hazard Outlook, Jan 18-22 http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.php
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
Major Disaster Declaration WA January 15, 2016 President approved Major Disaster Declaration, FEMA-4249-DR, for the State of Washington For severe winter storms, straight-line winds, landslides, mudslides, and flooding during the period of November 12-21, 2015 Provides Public Assistance for 16 counties and Hazard Mitigation statewide FCO is Thomas J. Dargan
Major Disaster Declaration Request MO January 15, 2016 Governor requested a Major Disaster Declaration 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 Requesting: Individual Assistance for 41 counties and Hazard Mitigation statewide Direct Federal Assistance for emergency protective measures and debris removal which were authorized under the Emergency Declaration FEMA-3374-EM- MO IA Requested Counties
Major Disaster Declaration Request (Expedited) MI January 14, 2016 Governor requested an Expedited Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Michigan For contamination and damage to the public water system beginning April 25, 2014 and continuing Requesting: Individual and Public Assistance, including direct federal assistance for Genesee county Hazard Mitigation statewide IA/PA requested counties
Emergency Declaration Request MI January 14, 2016 Governor requested an Emergency Declaration for the State of Michigan For contamination and damage to the public water system beginning April 25, 2014 and continuing Requesting: Individuals and Households Program Emergency Protective Measures (Category B) including direct federal assistance for Genesee County IA/PA requested counties
Disaster Requests & Declarations Declaration Requests in Process Requests APPROVED (since last report) Requests DENIED (since last report) 5 Date Requested 1 0 LA EM Severe Storms and Flooding January 8, 2016 AL DR Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding January 13, 2016 WA DR Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding January 8, 2016 Approved January 15, 2016 MO DR Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds and Flooding January 15, 2016 MI EM Contamination and damage to public water system January 14, 2016 MI DR (Expedited) Contamination and damage to public water system January 14, 2016
Disaster Amendments Amendment Effective Date Action Amendment No. 1 FEMA-4248-DR-MS January 15, 2016 Adds 3 counties for Public Assistance
Open Field Offices as of January 16
Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments Region IV VI VII X State / Location AL GA TX AR OK MO ID OR WA Event Severe Weather & Flooding December 23, 2015 continuing Severe Weather & Flooding December 23, 2015 continuing Severe Storms December 26, 2015 continuing Severe Storms & Flooding December 26, 2015 continuing Severe Winter Storms December 26, 2015 continuing Flooding & Flash Flooding December 22, 2015 - continuing Winter Storms December 16 27 Storm and Flooding December 7-23, 2015 Wind Storms, Landslides, Mudslide, Flooding December 1-14, 2015 IA/PA Number of Counties Requested Complete Start End PA 47 42 1/7 TBD PA 11 0 1/20 - TBD IA 6 6 (+1) 12/31 1/15 PA 22 7 (-8) 12/30 TBD IA 20 8 (+6) 1/11 TBD PA 42 22 (+5) 1/6 TBD IA 9 0 1/19 TBD PA 41 (+1) 26 (+12) 1/5 TBD PA 38 (+7) 6 (+5) 1/13 TBD PA 3 0 1/14 TBD PA 13 0 1/11 TBD PA 23 0 1/11 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 13 4 31% 0 1 8 18 13 72% 0 0 5 Deployed: RIV (Team 2) Deployed to MS RVI (Team 1) Deployed to LA RVI (Team 2) Deployed to TX RVII Deployed to MO RVIII Deployed to OST, SD (Available to re-deploy as needed) RIX (Team 1 & 2) Deployed to CA RX Deployed to WA NMC: RV (Team 1) Red Personnel Shortages 1 Team deployed to ID (FEMA-4246-DR) 2 Teams deployed to MS (FEMA-4248-DR) 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 NWC 5 5 100% 0 0 Not Activated NRCC 2 344 89% 0 44 Not Activated Comments 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 Activated Region VII at Level III (Day shift) RWCs/MOCs 10 10 100% 0 0 Not Activated