Monday, June 27, 2011

[FEMA]

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED)

Mouse (Souris) River Flooding â Minot, ND

The Mouse (Souris) River crest appears to have passed in Minot with a reading of 1561.72 feet at 2300 CDT on June 25, 2011, and floodwaters will remain high for several days and slowly recede. Emergency construction and repair of levees will continue until it becomes unsafe. Secondary dike construction continues to protect public infrastructure. Levee construction iscontinuing for the towns of Sawyer and Velva located downstream of Minot.The USACE continues to work with partners including the Saskatchewan Water Authority, the city of Minot, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Souris Basin to manage Lake Darling water levels.Reconstruction of the levees/recovery is not expected until mid-July, when the flow will recede to 3,000-5,000 cfs.
Minot and Sawyer (Ward County), and Velva (McHenry County), ND

Mandatory evacuations are in effect for a total of 13,000 residents countywide to include communities of Burlington, Minot, Logan and Sawyer has been evacuated. There were 12,000 residents evacuated out of Minot alone.The USACE continue assisting city of Minot in levee raise to protect Broadway Avenue, a major roadway connecting the city.The American Red Cross reports 3 shelters are open with 252 occupants.Three Disaster Recovery Centers will open today in North Dakota. Two will be located in Minot and one will be located in Bismarck.

Papio Wastewater Treatment Plant â Omaha, NE

On June 26, a 42 inch wastewater pipe in Douglas County, NE bursted and caused a 12 foot high, 60 million gallon a day, uncontained flow of raw sewage.
A USACE technical team conducted a site assessment and spoke with the Chief of Staff to the Mayor for the city of Omaha.
The city is building a dike to create a lagoon to stop the spread and then will pump waste from there into the river. The city will also attempt to build a large steel box and airlift it to cap the leak.
The city did not need immediate assistance as of the Sunday evening. However local officials will meet today with USACE personnel to discuss their progress and future plans.

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant Berm Collapses

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is monitoring events at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant after a protective berm holding back floodwaters from the Missouri River collapsed early Sunday.
The collapse allowed floodwaters to surround the auxiliary and containment buildings and the main electrical transformers.Â* Operators transferred power from offsite sources to the emergency diesel generators as a precautionary measure due to water leakage around the concrete berm surrounding the main transformers.Â*
NRC inspectors were onsite at the time and responded to the event.Â* They have verified that reactor shutdown cooling and spent fuel pool cooling remain unaffected.Â* The NRC augmented its resident inspection staff on June 6, 2011 to provide around the clock coverage of site activities. The plant has been shutdown since early April for a refueling outage.Â*
In response to the event, the NRC has activated its Incident Response Center from which it is monitoring events. NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko plans to visit the site on Monday. FEMA is not actively involved with this incident. Information on this incident is provided to us for situational awareness only.Â*

Missouri River Basin Flooding Summary

Numerous levee sections continue to experience seepage and boiling. The USACE is continuing flood fighting and maintenance of these levees.
North Dakota
The Garrison Dam reservoir appears to have crested and based on the latest forecast will stay nearly level for the next 10 days or so and then begin to recede.
Iowa
Sand boils and seepage continue to plague levees in Hamburg and Council Bluffs. The USACE continues to flood fighting efforts.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues 24/7 construction on the Hamburg Ditch #6 Levee.
Council Bluffs levee being reinforced with seepage blankets. Mandatory evacuations continue for an area in Mills County south of Council Bluffs due to the rise of interior ground water east of the Mills County Levee System.

Significant National Weather

West
Light rain is forecast from the Washington State to Northern California today. Hot weather continues with temperatures into upper 80s to the100s over from the Southwest into the Southern Plains by this afternoon. Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for southern Arizona. Red Flag Warnings in effect over portions of Utah and Colorado.

Midwest
Severe thunderstorms continue from over the eastern half of the Midwest today. Flash flooding possible from the Middle Mississippi into the Ohio Valley. Just under 2 of inches of rain is forecast in some of these areas.
South
Severe thunderstorms are possible from the Central Plains to the Southern Plains. The Southeast will remain hot with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Hot and dry weather will continue from Texas to the Lower Mississippi Valley. Temperatures, nearing 100 degrees, continues for the Southern Plains through today. Excessive Heat Warnings in effect from Central Texas to Oklahoma. Heat and relatively low humidity contributes to Red Flag Warnings in northern Texas and Central Oklahoma.

Northeast
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast over portions of the Mid-Atlantic Coast.

Tropical Weather Outlook

Atlantic / Caribbean / Gulf of MexicoÂ*Â*
Area 1
Cloudiness and showers associated with a tropical wave moving across the Yucatan Peninsula remain disorganized. Although upper-level winds are not conducive for development today, they could gradually become more favorable on Tuesday. There is a low chance, 20 percent, of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. Regardless of development, this disturbance could bring locally heavy rains and gusty winds to portions of Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula and the region surrounding the Bay of Campeche during the next day or two as it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.

Eastern / Central Pacific
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.
Western / South Pacific:
No tropical cyclone activity affecting U.S. territories.
Earthquake Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)
Wildfire Update

Sunday, June 26, 2011:
National Preparedness Level: 3
Initial attack activity: LIGHT (100 new fires)
New Large Fires: 4
Large Fires Contained: 6
Uncontained Large Fires: 42
Type 1 IMT Committed: 3
Type 2 IMT Committed: 10
States affected: NM, AZ, NC, TX, GA, FL, AR, OK, CO, CA, AK & NV
Wildfires
Arizona and New Mexico
Wallow Fire â FEMA 2915-FM-AZ (Apache, Navajo, Graham & Greenlee Counties); FEMA-2917-FM-NM (Catron County)
538,043 acres have burned and fire is 77% contained. Evacuation for the Blue River Community has been lifted for local residents only.
Monument Fire â FEMA-2919-FM-AZ (Cochise County, AZ)
30,526 acres have burned and the fire is 85% contained. The expected containment date is July 15.
Georgia
Honey Prairie Complex Fires â FEMA-2920-FM-GA (Racepond, Honey Prairie, Paxton Road and Durdin Prairie Fires)
303,095 acres have burned and the fire is 60% contained.Â*
Sweat Farm Again Fire â FEMA-2921-FM-GA
19,493 acres have burned and the fire is 60% contained.
Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)
On June 26, 2011, a FMAG was approved for the Las Conchas Fire near Los Alamos (Sandoval /Los Alamos Counties), New Mexico. The fire has burned over 7,000 acres and is 0% contained. It is threatening over 500 homes in and around Los Alamos. Voluntary evacuations have been issued for White Rock and Los Alamos and 150 residents have been evacuated. The fire is approximately 12 miles southwest of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The fire has not entered the laboratory property at this time and all radioactive material is appropriately accounted for and protectedÂ*
Disaster Declaration Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)


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