Monday, November 7, 2011

[FEMA]

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED)

Significant National Weather

West:
Rain and mountain snow will continue spreading eastward from California to the Great Basin and Southwest this morning. The snow will move to parts of the southern and central Rockies by tonight. Another system moving across Canada will produce rain and mountain snow for northwestern Washington State later tonight. Single digit low temperatures are expected tonight across the Intermountain West.
South:
A quasi-stationary front extending from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes will bring showers and thunderstorms into the Southern Plains through this evening. Some storms may become severe, producing large hail and damaging winds in Texas and Oklahoma. Scattered showers are possible across coastal portions of the South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida.
Midwest:
Light to moderate rain will expand into the Central Plains and Mid Mississippi Valley tonight. Some storms may become severe in portions of Kansas; damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes are possible. Rain will move into the Great Lakes this evening continuing into Tuesday. Temperatures will be below average in the High Plains and up to 10 degrees above average across the remainder of the region.
Northeast:
High pressure across the region will keep most areas dry today, with daytime temperatures expected to be in the 50-60s across much of the Region.

October Nor'easter Recovery (October 28-30, 2011)

Significant improvements have been made in power restoration and debris removal. As of Sunday, November 6th, storm-related power outages were fully restored in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania (reflective of pre-event levels). The total number of customers without power is down to 53,000 in MA and CT.
FEMA Region I
The Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC) is currently activated at Level III (Partial Activation) but deactivation of the RRCC is expected today. A Region I Type II Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) is deployed to the CT Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Joint Field Office (JFO), providing technical assistance by serving as liaisons to the State-led task forces for Mass Care and Sheltering, Fuel, Commodities, Debris Management and Communications Restoration. Type III IMATs are deployed across the region supporting JFO operations.
A FEMA Mobile Communications Office Vehicle (MCOV) is deployed to Connecticut and an Incident Support Base (ISB) team is supporting Regional Staging Area (RSA) operations in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Massachusetts (FEMA-3343-EM-MA)
The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains Partially Activated. As of November 6th, power has been fully restored. There were 6 (- 9) shelters/warming centers open on Sunday with 83 (-332) occupants.Public Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessments for 8 counties will begin today.
New Hampshire (FEMA-3344-EM-NH)
The State EOC has returned to normal operations. Power has been fully restored in the state and there were no shelters open on Sunday.
Connecticut (FEMA-3342-EM-CT)
The State EOC remains fully activated. Statewide power restoration and debris removal has improved significantly. Approximately 52,665 (-159,965) customers remain without power; full restoration is expected by Wednesday, November 9. As of November 6th, there were 46 (-29) shelters open with 2,122 (-1,171) occupants and 73 open warming centers. PA PDAs for 8 counties are scheduled to begin today. Boil Water Advisories have been issued in areas across the state. Twenty five drinking water systems, 40 pumping stations and 2 waste water treatment plants are operating on generator power with no issues. Seven nursing homes and 2 residential care homes also remain on generator power.
USACE continues to assist impacted communities with power outage assessments and generator management. USACE teams have conducted 18 power generation assessments. Three generators remain installed; however, demobilization planning is underway.
FEMA Region II
The RRCC is not activated; the Regional Watch Center (RWC) is at a Watch/Steady State.
New Jersey
The NJ ROIC has returned to Normal Operations. PA PDAs for 10 counties and IA PDAs for 4 counties are scheduled to begin today. Restoration of service to approximately 400 (-11653) customers in New Jersey is expected this morning.
New York
New York State EOC is at normal operations (Steady State). PA PDAs for six counties are scheduled to begin Wednesday, November 9th. Â*
FEMA Region III
The RRCC is not activated. The Regional Watch Center (RWC) is at a Watch/Steady State.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth EOC is activated at Level III (Enhanced Activation) as a result of Tropical Storm Lee. There are no open Shelters.
FEMA HQ:
The National Response Coordination Center is not activated. The National Watch Center remains at Watch/Steady State, providing 24/7 situational awareness reporting to FEMA leadership, the Regions, and State/Federal partners. Two of FEMAâs three National IMAT teams are available for deployment; National IMAT White is deployed to the Virginia JFO. All 28 Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces are mission capable and available.
Logistics
A Regional Staging Area (RSA) is operational at the in East Hartford, CT. Water, meals, cots, blankets, generators, medical supplies, infant/toddler kits and communications kits are prepositioned and available. Commodities have been issued to the State of Connecticut. There are no shortfalls or unmet needs, and no requirement for transfer of additional commodities from the FEMA Distribution Centers is anticipated.

A Review of Snow-tober 2011

A rare and historic October Nor'easter brought very heavy snow to portions of southern New England on Saturday, October 29. Snowfall accumulations of one to two feet were common in the Monadnocks, Berkshires, Connecticut Valley, and higher elevations in central Massachusetts. Up to 31 inches of snow was reported at Jaffrey, New Hampshire and Plainfield, Massachusetts. The accumulation of the heavy wet snow on trees and power lines resulted in widespread tree damage and power outages across many communities in central and western Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. At the height of the storm as many as 3.2 million customers were without power across the Northeast.
The precipitation started as mainly snow early Saturday afternoon across the interior of southern New England, although a brief period of rain at the onset was common across the lower elevations. Several hours of heavy snow occurred from mid afternoon through late evening on Saturday October 29. Snowfall rates reached 3 inches per hour for several hours in the Berkshires and Monadnocks as a nearly stationary band of heavy snow set up across this region. The snow tapered off just after midnight Saturday night in western New England with the last of the precipitation exiting eastern New England Sunday morning.
For more information visit: www.erh.noaa.gov/box/sigevents/Snowtober_2011/

Space Weather:

Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor with radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurring.Â* Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor, with radio blackouts reaching the R1 level likely.
Tropical Weather Outlook

Atlantic / Caribbean /Gulf of Mexico
Area One (Invest 98L)
A non-tropical low pressure system located about 400 miles southwest of Bermuda continues to produce gale-force winds over a large portion of the west-central Atlantic. Thunderstorm activity has developed closer to the surface center during the past several hours and if this trend continues, the low could gradually acquire subtropical characteristics over the next couple of days. This system has a Medium chance (30%) of becoming a subtropical cyclone during the next 48 hours as it drifts slowly westward today and northwestward on Tuesday.
Eastern, Central and Western Pacific
No tropical cyclone activity is occurring or forecast.

Earthquake Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)
Wildfire Update

Disaster Declaration Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)


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