Daily Operations Briefing Saturday, September 3, 2016 8:30 a.m. EDT
Significant Activity - Sept 2-3 Significant Events: See Tropical Activity Tropical Activity: Atlantic Tropical Storm Gaston; Tropical Storm Hermine, Disturbance 1 Low (10%) Eastern Pacific Disturbance 1 Medium (70%), Disturbance 2 Low (10%) Central Pacific Tropical Depression Madeline; Hurricane Lester Western Pacific No significant activity threatening U.S. interests Significant Weather: Slight Chance of Severe thunderstorms Southeast & Mid-Atlantic Heavy rain/possible flooding Southeast; flooding threat shifting to the Carolinas Red Flag Warnings MT, ID, WY, UT, NV, & CA Elevated/Critical Fire Weather CA, NV, UT, ID, & WY Isolated and Scattered Dry Thunderstorms MT & WY Space weather Moderate (G-2 level) storms observed the last 24 hours; Minor (G-1 level) storms predicted the next 24 hours Earthquake Activity: No significant activity Declaration Activity: Amendment No 5 to FEMA-4277-DR-LA (Closes the incident period)
Tropical Outlook Tropical Storm Hermine Tropical Storm Hermine (Advisory #24 as of 5:00 a.m. EDT) Located 60 miles WNW of Cape Hatteras, NC; moving ENE 21 mph General motion with decrease in forward speed forecast to continue today Maximum sustained winds 60 mph; with higher gusts Strengthening forecast after the center moves offshore; could be near Hurricane intensity by tomorrow Tropical-Storm-Force Winds extend outward up to 185 miles Tropical Storm Warning in effect from Surf City, NC to Sandy Hook, NJ Tropical Storm Watch in effect from north of Sandy Hook, NJ to west of Watch Hill, RI 35k 22k 106k 37k Power Outages DOE Eagle-I as of 5:45 a.m. EDT Impacts Florida Flooding from surge along areas of the western coast; evacuations remain as some hazards still exist One unconfirmed fatality Georgia Localized flooding impacting several roadways Damage to 12-15 structures due to possible tornado Southeast (Florida NC) Reports of downed trees/powerlines throughout the affect areas Power outages: 106k-FL; 35k-GA; 22k-SC; 37k-NC
Tropical Storm Hermine FEMA Region IV State/Local Response RWC at Enhanced Watch (24/7); RRCC activated to Level III (day shift 7:00 am-7:00 pm EDT) LNOs deployed to FL (2), GA, SC, & NC EOCs IMAT-2 deployed to FL EOC ISB established at Maxwell AFB, AL Florida EOC at Level I (Full Activation); Governor declared State of Emergency 10 (+6) shelters open with 218 (+206) occupants (ARC midnight shelter count as of 2:00 a.m. EDT) 200 National Guard personnel activated and pre-positioned Georgia EOC returned to Normal Operations; Governor declared State of Emergency North Carolina EOC at Level III (Partial Activation); Governor declared State of Emergency 20 National Guard personnel activated South Carolina EOC at Level IV (Monitoring) Three shelters open with five occupants (ARC midnight shelter count as of 2:00 a.m. EDT) Federal Response FEMA HQ NWC at Enhanced Watch (24/7) N-IMAT East 1 deployed to GA to support Region IV RRCC ISB Team deployed to FL
Tropical Storm Hermine FEMA Region III State/Local Response RWC at Enhanced Watch (24/7); RRCC not activated LNO deploying to MD & VA EOCs Virginia EOC is at Level I (Full Activation); Governor declared State of Emergency Port of Virginia at Condition Whiskey Maryland EOC at Level III (Monitoring) Baltimore Harbor at Condition Whiskey Delaware EOC is not activated Pennsylvania EOC is not activated Philadelphia Port at Condition Whiskey FEMA Region II State/Local Response RWC at Watch/Steady State; RRCC is not activated New York EOC will be activating to Level III (Partial Activation) Sunday at noon; NYC Situation Room activated New Jersey EOC is at Level III (Partial Activation)
Hurricane Lester State/Local Response HI is at Level II (Partial Activation) Governor signed pre-landfall emergency proclamation No shelters open; ARC teams deployed to HI Port status TBD based on storm track 40 National Guard personnel deployed in HI FEMA Region IX RWC at Enhanced Watch, 24/7; RRCC not activated ESFs 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, USCG & DCE deployed to HI IMAT 1 deployed to HI; Four LNOs deployed to HI Hurricane Lester CAT-2 (Advisory #37 as of 5:00 p.m. EDT) 205 miles ENE of Hilo, HI; moving WNW at 15 mph General motion expected to continue tonight Maximum sustained winds near 100 mph Gradual weakening forecast during the next 48 hours Hurricane-Force Winds extend outward up to 45 miles Tropical-Storm-Force Winds extend outward 150 miles Hurricane Watch in effect for Maui County and Oahu FEMA HQ NRCC at Level II, 24/7 with ESFs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15 and all LNOs ISB and MERS personnel deployed to DC HI; FEMA Corps teams deployed to PAO Two IST WHITE personnel deployed for Hurricane Lester as US&R SME support to R-IX IMAT USACE deployed personnel to HI
National Weather Forecast http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php Today Tomorrow
Active Watches & Warnings http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/largemap.php
Precipitation Forecast - Days 1-3 Day 1 http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-3.shtml Day 2 Day 3
Flash Flood Potential Days 1-3 Day 1 Day 2 http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/ero.php?opt=curr&day=1 Day 3
Hazards Outlook - Sep 4-8 http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.php
Disaster Amendments Amendment Effective Date Action Amendment No.5 to FEMA-4277-DR-LA August 31, 2016 Closes the incident period
FEMA Readiness - Deployable Teams & Assets Resource Status Total FMC Available Partially Available Not Available Detailed, Deployed, Activated FCO 35 6 17% 0 0 29 FDRC 10 1 10% 0 3 6 Comments 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 US&R 28 27 96% 1 0 0 National IMAT Regional IMAT 3 1 33% 0 0 2 13 6 46% 1 0 6 MERS 18 14 78% 0 0 4 NJ-TF1: Partially Mission Capable Two White IST personnel deployed for Hurricane Lester as US&R SME support to the R-IX IMAT in HI East 1 deployed to GA (On Alert) East 2 to LA (DR-4277) West (GREEN/Available) Region III reconstituting Deployed: Region II to LA (DR-4277) Region V to WI (DR-4276) Region VI Team 2 to LA (DR-4277) Region VIII to LA (DR-4277) Region IX Team-1 to HI Region X to LA (DR-4277) Assets are supporting: PR (Zika UCG) LA (DR-4277) HI (Madeline) Green = Available / FMC Yellow = Available / PMC Red = Out-of-Service Blue = Assigned / Deployed Green: 3 available Yellow: 1-2 available Red: 0 avail (Individual N-IMAT red if 50% of Section Chiefs and / or Team Leader is unavailable for deployment.) Green: >6 teams available Yellow: 4-6 teams available Red: < 4 teams available 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 Not Available Status Comments Rating Criteria NWC 5 5 100% 0 0 Activated Enhanced Watch, 24/7 (Hermine) NRCC 2 2 100% 0 0 Activated Level II, (Dayshift only) (Lester) HLT 1 1 100% 0 0 Activated DEST Not Activated Green = FMC Yellow = PMC Red = NMC RRCCs 10 10 100% 0 0 Not Activated RWCs/MOCs 10 10 100% 0 0 Activated Region II at Enhanced Watch, 24/7 Region III at Enhanced Watch, 24/7 Region IV at Enhanced Watch, 24/7 Region IX at Enhanced Watch, 24/7