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•Daily Operations Briefing Thursday, December 5, 2013

8:30 a.m. EST

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Significant Activity: Dec 4 – Dec 5 Significant Events: Winter storm – Southern Plains to Lower Ohio Valley

Significant Weather:

• Freezing rain – Middle/Lower Mississippi Valleys

• Heavy snow – Great Lakes

• Thunderstorms – Ohio Valley to Southeast, Mid-Atlantic

• Snow – Rockies, Southwest, Northern Plains to Great Lakes

• Critical Fire Weather Areas/Red Flag Warnings: None

• Space Weather: No space weather storms observed or predicted

Tropical Activity:

• Atlantic: Area 1 - 20% chance of development

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

Earthquake Activity: No significant activity

Declaration Activity:

• Appeal for Major Disaster Declaration for California

• Request for Major Disaster Declaration for Indiana

• Amendment No. 2 to FEMA-4149-DR-Pennsylvania

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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 > 1.00 inch

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High / Low Temperatures

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

CONUS_AptMin.png

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Winter Storm System Response State Response • All State EOC remain at Normal Operations with the exception of KY

• KY - Level 1 (EOC standard with hot standby mode)

• There are no unmet needs or requests for FEMA assistance

Federal Response

FEMA HQ

• FEMA NRCC – Not Activated; NWC at Watch/Steady State (24/7), maintain contact with FEMA Regions

FEMA Region IV

• RRCC not activated; RWC at Watch/Steady State (24/7)

• Generators prepared for transport (standby)

• IMAT-1 deployed to KY EOC; SLNO deployed to TN EOC

• IMAT-2 deployed to NC JFO and can re-deploy to TN if required

• USACE light PRT deploying to Ft Campbell

FEMA Region VI

• RRCC activated to Level II (with ESF 1, 3, 6, and DCE); MOC Denton at Watch/Steady State (24/7)

• 1 54-pack Generators deploying to Muskogee, OK and Camp Robinson AR (ETA 7:00 p.m. EST)

• 2 person team deployed with MERs support to Davis Field for Generator staging

• 3 person Type 3 IMAT deployed to Little Rock, AR JFO, will support AR SEOC if needed

• USACE Power Mission Support Team deploying from Tulsa to Oklahoma City

FEMA Region VII

• RRCC not activated; RWC at Enhanced Watch;

• No unmet needs; no requests for FEMA assistance

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Atlantic Tropical Outlook

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Atlantic Tropical Outlook

As of 12:50 p.m. EDT, Dec 4

• Showers & thunderstorms have increased

• Associated with a non-tropical low

• Located about 450 miles south of the Azores

• Producing winds near 60 mph

• Some additional development possible

• Low chance (20%) of developing into a

tropical cyclone next five days

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

National Weather Forecast

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

Hazard Outlook: Dec 7 - 11

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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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Major Disaster Request – Indiana

Indiana

• The Governor requests a Major Disaster Declaration

• For Severe Storms, Straight Line Winds, and Tornadoes on

November 17, 2013

• Requesting:

• Individual Assistance for Howard county

• Hazard Mitigation statewide

= Requested county

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Major Disaster Declaration Request – California

December 4, 2013

• Governor requests a Major Disaster Declaration

• Appeal of original (PA) request denied Nov 4, 2013

• As a result of the Rim Fire during the period of Aug 20 –

Sep 8, 2013

• Requesting:

• Public Assistance for Tuolumne & Mariposa Counties

• Hazard Mitigation statewide

= Requested counties

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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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Disaster Amendments

A B C D E F G

Debris Removal Emergency Protective

Measures Road Systems & Bridges Water Control Facilities Public Buildings & Contents Public Utilities Parks, Recreational, & Other

Amendment Effective Date Action

Amendment No. 2 to 4149-DR-PA November 27, 2013 Appoints Steven S. Ward as FCO

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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 5, 2013

Pennsylvania 4149-DR

JFO: Harrisburg, PA

FCO: Steven S. Ward

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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 Not Activated 24/7

V Not Activated 24/7

VI Level III (Level II at 10am EST) 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 Watch/Steady State

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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