The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For March 10, 2001
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or Significant
Icing Forecast
=> USA Flood Report
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
=> USA Earthquake Report
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
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For March 10, 2001
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Fri...81 At Fl Lauderdale FL
Low Sat...2 Below Zero At Pellston MI
=> Special Notes
Stratwarm Alert Exists Stratwarm Saturday
Comment: As a result of the major warming, the circulation in the lower and
middle Stratosphere
remains disturbed. Still, a reversed temperature gradient remains between
60N and the Pole in the
lower and middle Stratosphere.
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Sat Mar 10 10:18:43 2001
Flood
Maine
New Hampshire
A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LATER
THIS MORNING...
Non Precipitation
California
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS THROUGH
NOON TODAY...
Georgia
South Carolina
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE
MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA
OF GEORGIA BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
New Mexico
WIND ADVISORY CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...LINCOLN COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS
OF CHAVES COUNTY...AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY FROM LATE
MORNING TILL SUNSET...
HIGH WINDS FORECASTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS...
Texas
HIGH WINDS FORECASTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS...
Utah
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-..WIND ADVISORY TODAY
Winter Storm
Arizona
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA SUCH AS
LINCOLN COUNTY...AS WELL AS OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU OF ARIZONA.
...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR THE KAIBAB
PLATEAU...GRAND CANYON COUNTRY...COCONINO PLATEAU...THE MOGOLLON
RIM...AND THE UPPER REACHES OF OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS...
.SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR THE YAVAPAI
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTY...
California
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS
EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- .WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL
300 PM...
Colorado
SNOW AND COLDER AIR ON SCHEDULE FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO
TODAY AND TONIGHT...
Connecticut
FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE FROM NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT TO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
Kansas
A WINTER STORM TAKES AIM ON THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
BY MONDAY MORNING IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AN AVERAGE OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FLAGLER COLORADO TO
GOODLAND KANSAS TO HILL CITY KANSAS LINE...SO A WINTER STORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
ANOTHER WINTER STORM LIKELY HEADED FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
Massachusetts
WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES INTO MID MORNING...
A STORM TOTAL OF SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
OVER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND ACROSS MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX
COUNTIES INTO MID MORNING. IN THE IMMEDIATE BOSTON METROPOLITAN
AREA INCLUDING ALL OF NORFOLK COUNTY...A STORM TOTAL OF 4 TO 8
INCHES WILL HAVE ACCUMULATED THROUGH MID MORNING.
Maine
ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE
TODAY...
Nebraska
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
New Hampshire
WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL END OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN
MAINE TODAY...
4 TO 8 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOOTHILLS. FURTHER NORTH IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MAINE AND EXTREME
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE
ARE EXPECTED.
New Mexico
SHOWERS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL
INCREASE OVER WESTCENTRAL...NORTHWEST...AND NORTHCENTRAL NEW
MEXICO AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING
SNOW TODAY WILL IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
7500 FEET.
Nevada
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER PORTIONS OF
EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA SUCH AS LINCOLN COUNTY
Rhode Island
.WINTER STORM WARNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
Utah
ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND THE
HENRY MOUNTAINS FOR TODAY.
A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80...THE
WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS...AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS
FOR TODAY.
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
The forecast probability of an event is by the stated percentage or greater
for the event, within 25 miles of any point for the area described.
Tornado Risk - Slight
There is less than a 2% probability of a tornado.
Hail Risk - Slight
There is a 5% probability of hail 3/4 inch or larger over northeast Arizona,
extreme south southeast
Colorado, extreme south southeast Kansas, northwest Oklahoma, and the Texas
panhandle.
Wind Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots.
Tomorrow's Risk -
There is a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow over a portion of
extreme south
southeast Kansas, Oklahoma except the far eastern and western areas, eastern
and south central
Texas, Louisiana except the north northeast area, and south southwest
Mississippi.
The 15% probability area covers east central and southeast central south
Oklahoma, a portion of
central north east central Texas, southeast and east southeast Texas, and
the south southwest 1/3 of
Louisiana.
The northern risk area:
Backing wind profiles coupled with linear forcing likely to result in bands
of low-topped storms with
possible hail/locally damaging winds.
The southern risk area:
The potential will therefore exist for evolution into a strong/severe squall
line with embedded
lewps/bows later Sunday night/early Monday eastward into Louisiana.
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or
Significant
Icing Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
The 24 hour precipitation forecast is calling for less than 1 inch of
precipitation.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 2 inches of
precipitation over central
Louisiana, central through east, and over a portion of south central
Mississippi.
Over 1 inch of precipitation is forecast over the southwest 1/4 of Iowa,
east southeast Texas,
Louisiana except the far north northwest area and the far south southeast
area and over the southern
1/2 of Mississippi except the extreme south southeast area.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood values.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
>From noon to midnight today EST the probability of 4 inches or greater of
snow is low over east
central (north to south) to central east Colorado, a portion of th northeast
Arizona and east northeast
Maine.
The moderate probability area is over central east and central south south
east Colorado.
The probability of 1/4 inch or greater of ice accumulation is less than 20%
>From midnight to noon tomorrow EST the probability of 4 inches or greater of
snow is low over
southeast and central east Colorado, the northwest 1/4 of Kansas, and far
central south Nebraska.
The moderate probability area is over central southeast through central east
Colorado, and northeast
Kansas.
The probability of 1/4 inch or greater of ice accumulation is less than 20%
Current USA Snow and Ice Cover
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/us_NESDISsnow.gif
=> USA Flood Report
Not Available
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2001 - 1000 MST
NATIONAL PREPARDNESS LEVEL 1
CURRENT SITUATION:
The Southern Area reported five new large fires to the National
Interagency Coordination Center this past week and five of their large
fires reached containment status. Moderate initial attack activity
continues in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. A low in the Gulf of
Mexico will bring scattered showers to the Southeast today with fair
weather over the weekend.
SOUTHERN AREA LARGE FIRES:
SOPCHOPPY, Florida Division of Forestry. This fire is near Sopchoppy, FL
and jumped Highway 319 in several spots.
DALLUS CREEK, Florida Division of Forestry. This fire is near Perry, FL
and has spotted into several hardwood sloughs.
RED BEACH, Florida Division of Forestry. This fire is in Highlands County,
FL. No new information received.
TALL PINE, Florida Division of Forestry. This fire is in Polk County, FL.
No new information received.
MULTI COMMAND, Florida Division of Forestry. This fire is in Dade County,
FL.
SUMMERSET COMMAND, Florida Division of Forestry. This fire is in Martin
County, FL. No new information received.
OUTLOOK:
A cold front will move through the Southeast Friday with scattered
showers. Conditions will be fair Saturday and Sunday. Another cold front
will move through the region Monday and Tuesday with a chance of showers
and wind with decreasing clouds Wednesday and Thursday. High temperatures
will mostly be in the 60's except for Florida with high temperatures in
the 70's and 80's.
South Texas will have high pressure building over the area Friday with
partly cloudy skies and winds at 15 to 25 mph. A frontal system will move
through the area late Saturday bringing a chance of showers till Monday.
High temperatures will be mostly in the 70's to mid 80's.
In the West, low pressure centered near Lake Tahoe will produce a chance
of showers from parts of Oregon down into Northern California. Skies will
be partly to mostly cloudy across the rest of the region. High
temperatures will be in the 40's to mid 50's across most of the West, with
high temperatures in the 50's to mid 60's from Eastern Wyoming south into
California, New Mexico and Arizona.
A high pressure system over St. Louis will create sunny to partly cloudy
skies over the Northern Plains states. Southward into Texas there will be
cloud cover but conditions will be dry. Michigan and much of Ohio will
remain under the influence of low pressure with a chance of early morning
snow flurries, then will begin to clear. High temperatures will be in the
30's from North Dakota into Indiana and Ohio, 40's for central South
Dakota all the way to Missouri, 50's for central Nebraska to east Oklahoma
and 60's over western Kansas and Oklahoma.
Snow can be expected over most of the Northeast as a low pressure system
moves into the Atlantic just off Long Island. Northern Maine, Maryland and
the Virginias will have mostly cloudy skies. High temperatures will be in
the low 30's to low 40's in areas of snowfall while Washington D.C. south
will have high temperatures in the mid 40's to the mid 50's.
=> USA Earthquake Report
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
GOLDEN, COLORADO
LISTS OF U.S. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LAST 30 HOURS
Prepared by USGS/NEIC 2001 MAR 10 at 00:15 UTC
NO EVENTS
01/03/08 21:11:25.21
SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA
Epicenter: -5.240 102.280
MW 5.4
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
No reports received
Hail Reports
No reports received
Wind Reports
No reports received
Fields marked UNK are unknown
All Times UTC
Wind Gusts in MPH
Hail Sizes in 1/100 of an Inch (75 = 0.75")
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STORM SYSTEMS OVER THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST US
Eastern US
This GOES-8 movie shows two different storm systems affecting the eastern
half of the country.
The system moving through the Northeast has brought snow to New England with
scattered
snow showers downwind of the Great Lakes. The southern states experienced
numerous
showers and thunderstorms with the system moving out of Louisiana. Also
visible in this movie
loop is the snowpack over the upper Midwest and much of Canada. (Click
anywhere on the
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Player first,
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http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Storms/US_East/STMusE068_G8.avi
FIRES IN ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA
Alabama, Georgia, and Florida
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue) are visible from fires burning
in Alabama,
Georgia, and Florida
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southeast/FSMHSusGA068_N4.jpg
FIRES IN GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND NORTH CAROLINA
Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning in
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southeast/FSMHSusSC068_N4.jpg
FIRES IN CUBA
Cuba
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning in Cuba.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Cuba/FSMHScuba068_N4.jpg
FIRES IN ARGENTINA
Argentina
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning in Argentina.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Argentina/FSMHSarg068_N4.jpg
FIRES IN AFRICA
Sudan and Ethiopia
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning in
Sudan and Ethiopia.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Africa_E/FSMHSsudan068_N4.jpg
TROPICAL CYCLONE 15S IN THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL
Mozambique Channel
Tropical Cyclone 15S was located in the Mozambique Channel near 18.4S and
40.1E
at 09:00 UTC. The tropical cyclone has been moving south at 08 knots with
maximum
sustained winds of 30 knots, gusts to 40 knots.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/IndOcean/TRC15s068_MT.jpg
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