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•Daily Operations Briefing Friday, December 6, 2013

8:30 a.m. EST

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Significant Activity: Dec 5 – Dec 6 Significant Events: Winter storm – Southern Plains to Lower Ohio Valley

Significant Weather:

• Heavy snow, wind chill, hard freeze – New storm enters Pacific Northwest

• Freezing rain – Southern Plains to Ohio Valley

• Heavy snow – Ozarks to southern Maine, with up to 1 foot accumulations

• Very dangerous band of ice – Nebraska ,Texas to New York City , up to 1/8 of inch

• Thunderstorms – Mid-Atlantic to Gulf Coast

• Critical Fire Weather Areas/Red Flag Warnings: None

• Space Weather: No space weather storms observed or predicted

Tropical Activity:

• Atlantic: Area 1 (Low/20%; located 250 miles south of Azores & moving north)

• Western Pacific: No activity threatening U.S. territories

Earthquake Activity: No significant activity

Declaration Activity: None

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Total Snow Forecast

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/gis/images/CONUS_Snow.png

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72-hour ice accumulation

http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_accum_pro

bs.php?ftype=probabilities&fpd=72&ptype=icez

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72-hour ice accumulation

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High / Low Temperatures

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/gis/images/

CONUS_AptMin.png

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Winter Storm – Plains to OH Valley

FEMA HQ

• FEMA NRCC is not activated; NWC at Enhanced Watch (24/7)

• NRCS Blue Team and ESF representatives are prepared to

mobilize in support NRCC Operations, as directed

Region IV

• RRCC activated at Level III

• IMAT-1 deployed to KY EOC

• IMAT-2 & FEMA LNO deployed to the TN EOC

• USACE light PRT deploying to Ft Campbell, KY

• Tennessee

• State EOC is partially activated

• Governor declared a Statewide Emergency on Dec 5

• Kentucky

• State EOC is not activated

National Status Map

As of 7:45 am

Total Customer Outages

6,605

FEMA Region IV

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Winter Storm – Plains to OH Valley Region VI

• RRCC activated to Level II (with ESF 1, 3, 6, & DCE)

• IMAT deployed to Oklahoma City JFO; will support OK EOC, if needed

• IMAT deployed to Little Rock, AR JFO; will support AR EOC, if needed

• 2-person team deployed w/MERs to Davis Field, OK for generator

staging

• USACE light PRT deployed to Muskogee, OK

• FEMA LNO & FCO deployed to TX State EOC

• Texas

• State EOC is partially activated

• Governor issued an emergency proclamation on Dec 5

• National Guard is activated; standing by for request

• No unmet needs or requests for FEMA assistance

• Arkansas

• State EOC is partially activated

• Governor declared a Statewide Emergency on Dec 5

• No unmet needs or requests for FEMA assistance

• Oklahoma

• State EOC is partially activated

• Governor declared statewide State of Emergency

• No unmet needs or requests for FEMA assistance

FEMA Region VI

Region Wide:

As of 7:45 am

Power Outages

270,376

Texas:

As of 7:45 am

Total Customer

Outages

252,246

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Logistics – Laydown (As of 9:00 a.m. EST)

Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, AR

On Hand:

- 49 Generators on site

- 1 truck arrive with Cots; 2nd truck

en route (total 2,688 Cots)

Requested

- 4,500 Blankets (1 Trailer)

Davis Airfield, Muskogee, OK

On Hand:

- Power PRT (6)

- MERS

- 49/53 Generators (12 Trailers)

En Route

- 4 Generators (3 Trailers)

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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad1.pdf

National Weather Forecast

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http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats_ie.php

National Weather Forecast for Days 2 & 3

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Active Watches/Warnings

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php

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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-3.shtml

Precipitation Forecast – 3 Day

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

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http://water.weather.gov/ahps/forecasts.php?current_color=flood&current_type=all&fcst_t

ype=fcst&conus_map=d_map

River Forecast – 7 Day

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Convective Outlooks Days 1 – 3

Day 1 Day 2

Day 3

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Critical Fire Weather Areas Days 1 – 8

Day 1 Day 2

Day 3-8

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NOAA Scales Activity (Range: 1/minor to 5/extreme)

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

Space Weather

Sunspot Activity

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drapglobal.html http://spaceweather.com/

HF Communication Impact

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Declaration Requests in Process Requests

APPROVED (since last report)

Requests DENIED

(since last report)

3 Date Requested 0 0

Rosebud Sioux Tribe – DR (Appeal) Severe Storms, Straight-line

Winds, and Flooding October 29, 2013

CA – DR (Appeal) Rim Fire December 2, 2013

IN – DR Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes December 3, 2013

Disaster Requests & Declarations

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Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments

Region State /

Location Event IA/PA

Number of Counties Start – End

Requested Complete

V IL Severe Storms and Tornadoes

November 17-18, 2013 PA 15 0 12/2-TBD

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Open Field Offices as of December 6, 2013

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IMAT Status National Teams

Team Status Team Status Team Status

Blue/White/

Red East CO West

Regional Teams Team Status Team Status Team Status

Region I Region V IL Region VIII SD

Region II Region VI-1 OK Region IX-1

Region III PA Region VI-2 NM Region IX-2 CO

Region IV-1 KY Region VII KS Region X

Region IV-2 NC

= Assigned/Deployed

= Not Mission Capable

= Available/Mission Capable

= Available/Partially Mission Capable

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Total Deployed Detailed Not

Available Available Cadre Status

40 29 1 2 8

OFDC Cadre Member Status

Total Available Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4

8* 1 5 2 0

As of: 12/4/2013

* All Type 1 FCOs are available unless deployed to a Level 1 event

Total Deployed Assigned Available Status

9 5 4 4

Federal Coordinating Officer

Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator

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MCOV Fleet / Deployment Status

Fully Mission Capable 54 Partially Mission Capable 0 Non-Mission Capable 1 Total Not Deployed 53

MCOV FLEET STATUS MCOV DISASTER SUPPORT DEPLOYMENTS

Location Units

Assigned Available

FMC Deployed

Committed PMC Unavailable DR-State OPCON

En

Route Unit Prep

Open

Request Notes:

MERS Maynard 3 3 0 0 0 DR-4145-CO 2 0 0

MERS Frederick 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0

MERS Thomasville 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0

DC Ft Worth 20 18 1 0 1 0 0 0

MERS Denver 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MERS Bothell 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sacramento 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 55 52 2 0 1 TOTAL 2 0 0 0

Units in route for turn-in included in above totals.

2 0 0

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Urban Search & Rescue INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAMS (Red-White-Blue) – Monthly On Call Rotation

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

WEST CENTRAL EAST

Team Status Team Status Team Status

CA-TF1 Available AZ-TF1 Available FL-TF1 Available

CA-TF2 Available CO-TF1 Available FL-TF2 Available

CA-TF3 Available IN-TF1 Available MA-TF1 Available

CA-TF4 Available MO-TF1 Available MD-TF1 Available

CA-TF5 Available NE-TF1 Available NY-TF1 Available

CA-TF6 Available NM-TF1 Conditional PA-TF1 Available

CA-TF7 Available NV-TF1 Conditional VA-TF1 Available

CA-TF8 Available TN-TF1 Available VA-TF2 Available

WA-TF1 Available TX-TF1 Available OH-TF1 Available

UT-TF1 Available

= Assigned/Deployed = Out-of-Service

= Available/Mission Capable = Available/Partially Mission Capable

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RRCC / Regional Watch Center Status

= Not Mission Capable = Available/Partially Mission Capable = Available/Mission Capable

Region RRCC Regional Watch Center

I Not Activated Maynard MOC (24/7)

II Not Activated 24/7

III Not Activated 24/7

IV Level III (Day shift only) 24/7

V Not Activated 24/7

VI Level II Denton MOC (24/7)

VII Not Activated Enhanced

VIII Not Activated Denver MOC (24/7)

IX Not Activated 24/7

X Not Activated Bothell MOC (24/7)

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National Team Status

Team/Status Current Location Remarks

National Watch Center Washington, DC Enhanced Watch

NRCC Washington, DC Not Activated

HLT Miami, FL Not Activated

DEST Washington, DC Not Activated

Mission Capable Partially Mission Capable Not Mission Capable

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