The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For March 15, 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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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Wed...89 At West Palm Beach FL
Low Thu...3 Below Zero At West Yellowstone MT
=> Special Notes
Stratwarm Alert Exists Stratwarm Thursday
Comment: As a result of the major warming, the circulation on the lower
Stratosphere remains
further disturbed leading to a reversed temperature gradient up to 20 HPa.
In the middle and upper
Stratosphere, the cold and elongated vortex weakens. Slow transition to
Summer conditions most
probable.
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Thu Mar 15 10:48:12 2001
Flash Flood
Kansas
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
KINGMAN...RICE...RENO...HARVEY AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM
CST...
Oklahoma
FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.....ALFALFA AND WOODS.
Flood
Alabama
Florida
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SHOAL RIVER
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER...
Kansas
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE...
...STRANGER CREEK NEAR TONGANOXIE
...CROOKED RIVER NEAR RICHMOND
Louisiana
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TANGIPAHOA, AT ROBERT, MINOR
FLOODING IS OCCURING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
Missouri
NORTH FABIUS RIVER AT MONTICELLO N * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST
MIDDLE FABIUS RIVER NR MONTICELLO
NORTH RIVER AT PALMYRA
SOUTH FABIUS RIVER NR TAYLOR
CUIVRE RIVER NR TROY
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE.....GRAND RIVER NEAR CHILLICOTHE.. SUMNER...
BRUNSWICK
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE.....STRANGER CREEK NEAR TONGANOXIE
...CROOKED RIVER NEAR RICHMOND
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE.....LITTLE PLATTE RIVER NEAR SMITHVILLE
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE.....FISHING RIVER NEAR MOSBY
Nebraska
FLOOD WARNING FOR PONCA CREEK AND BAZILE CREEK...INCLUDING: AREAS
NEAR VERDEL ANDEAST OF NIOBRARA.
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ELKHORN RIVER IN CUMING AND NORTHERN
DODGE COUNTIES...INCLUDING: WEST POINT.
South Carolina
A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STEVENS CREEK...
Texas
FOR PEACH CREEK AT SPLENDORA, MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED.
Wisconsin
FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RACINE COUNTY ADJACENT TO THE ROOT
RIVER CANAL.
Special Marine
Florida
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE
RIVER TO APALACHICOLA,FL OUT TO 20 NM
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA,FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM * UNTIL 1145 AM EST...
Louisiana
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER, SC TO SAVANNAH, GA OUT 40 NM... COASTAL WATERS FROM
SAVANNAH, GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND OUT 60 NM... * UNTIL 1130 AM EST.
Non Precipitation
Colorado
Kansas
DANGEROUSLY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
TRI-STATE AREA...
SEVERAL HOURS OF NORTH WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE
WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. FOR THIS REASON A HIGH WIND
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN COLORADO AND IN
NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF AN ATWOOD TO OAKLEY LINE.
Florida
Georgia
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNSET FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
North Carolina
BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS CROSSING CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY
MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.
Nebraska
SUSTAINED NORTH WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO
50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
New Mexico
WIND ADVISORY THIS MORNING FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
WIND ADVISORY FROM THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS EASTWARD
TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE...
Oklahoma
EXTREMELY GUSTY WINDS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY.
VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES.
Texas
A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS AVERAGING 35
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES.
Severe Thunderstorm
Florida
Georgia
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PIERCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1145 AM EST
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1115 AM EST
Winter Storm
Colorado
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL END BY MIDDAY
Iowa
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT
IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL FALL IN THE IOWA CITY/WASHINGTON AREA WHERE 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
Idaho
...WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY...
Illinois
HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
Kansas
WINTER STORM WARNING DOWNGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
Missouri
SPREADING SNOW OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI BY EVENING AND EXPAND EAST
AND SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY FRIDAY MORNING.
Nebraska
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
Utah
WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY
=> 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 - Slightly Moderate
There is a 2% probability of a tornado over the eastern Florida panhandle
and the northern 1/3 of
the remainder of the state of Florida, southeast Georgia, southeast South
Carolina, and far south
southeast North Carolina.
The 5% probability area is over the eastern Florida panhandle and the
northern 1/5 of the remainder
of the state of Florida, southeast Georgia, and far south southeast South
Carolina.
Hail Risk - Slightly Moderate
There is a 5% probability of hail 3/4 inch or larger over east northeast
Oklahoma, far southeast
Kansas, the southern 2/3 of Missouri, southern Illinois, far southwestern
Indiana, west central and
western Kentucky, central and western Tennessee, extreme west northwest
Georgia, the northwest
1/3 of Alabama, the northern 1/2 of Mississippi, far north northeast
Louisiana, and Arkansas. Also,
over the eastern Florida panhandle and the northern 1/3 of the remainder of
the state of Florida, the
southeast 1/3 of Georgia, the southeast 1/2 of South Carolina, and far south
southeast North
Carolina.
The 15% probability area covers far east northeast Oklahoma, extreme
southeast Kansas, the
southern 2/3 of Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, western
Tennessee, far northwest
Alabama, the northern 1/3 of Mississippi, and Arkansas except the south
southwest area..
Wind Risk - Moderate
There is a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots over east northeast
Oklahoma, far
southeast Kansas, the southern 2/3 of Missouri, southern Illinois, far
southwestern Indiana, west
central and western Kentucky, central and western Tennessee, extreme west
northwest Georgia, the
northwest 1/3 of Alabama, the northern 1/2 of Mississippi, far north
northeast Louisiana, and
Arkansas. Also, over the eastern Florida panhandle and the northern 1/3 of
the remainder of the
state of Florida, the southeast 1/3 of Georgia, the southeast 1/2 of South
Carolina, and far south
southeast North Carolina.
The 15% probability area covers far east northeast Oklahoma, extreme
southeast Kansas, the
southern 1/2 of Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, central and
western Tennessee, the
northwest Alabama, the northern 1/3 of Mississippi, and Arkansas except the
south southwest area.
Also, over the eastern Florida panhandle and the northern 1/3 of the
remainder of the state of
Florida, the southeast 1/3 of Georgia, the southeast 1/2 of South Carolina,
and far south southeast
North Carolina.
The 25% probability area covers north northeast Florida, southeast Georgia,
and far south southeast
South Carolina.
Tomorrow's Risk - Slight
There is a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow over southeast
Indiana, southern Ohio,
West Virginia, the north northwest 1/3 of Virginia, and central and western
Kentucky. Also, over
the northern 1/3 of Florida except the panhandle.
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or
Significant
Icing Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
The 24 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 2 inches of
precipitation over extreme southeast
Iowa, far northeast Missouri and extreme central west Illinois.
Over 1 inch of precipitation is forecast over southeast Iowa, the northern
1/2 of Missouri, a portion
of east northeast Kansas, and Illinois except the far eastern, far northern
and southern areas. Also
over central south Kansas. And over north northeast South Carolina and
central south, central,
through central east North Carolina.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for less than 1 inch of
precipitation.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is expected to approach flash flood values over east northeast
Kansas, southeast Iowa,
north central through central west Illinois, and the north northwest 2/3 of
Missouri.
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 through northeast Kansas, extreme southeast Nebraska, far northwest
Missouri, and from
southeast through central Iowa.
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
north central through northern Missouri, the southeast 1/3 of Iowa, north
central through central west
and northwest Illinois.
The moderate probability area is over central north Missouri, and southeast
Iowa.
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
NATIONAL HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0900 AM EST THU MAR 15 2001
FLOOD SUMMARY
RAIN/SNOWMELT BRING FLOODING TO THE PLAINS
RIVER FLOODING AND LOW LAND FLOODING, IN SOME CASES EXACERBATED
BY ICE JAMS, IN THE DAKOTAS, NEBRASKA, KANSAS, IOWA AND MISSOURI
FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE SOUTH
FLOODING CONTINUES IN PARTS OF TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. RECENT
RAIN PUSHED ADDITIONAL RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
OUTLOOK FOR TODAY
FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS, MISSOURI,
IOWA AND ILLINOIS
FLASH FLOODING:
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED OVER THE LAST DAY FOR:
ALABAMA: BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES
KANSAS: LEAVENWORTH COUNTY
MISSOURI: CLAY AND PLATTE COUNTIES
OKLAHOMA: ALFALFA, OKLAHOMA AND WOODS COUNTIES
SOUTH DAKOTA: WOODBURY COUNTY
TEXAS: GALVESTON, HARRIS, JEFFERSON, ORANGE AND
WALLER COUNTIES
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE:
ALABAMA: THE ALABAMA, BLACK WARRIOR, SHOAL AND
TOMBIGBEE RIVERS
ARKANSAS: THE CACHE, OUACHITA AND WHITE RIVERS
FLORIDA: THE APPALACHICOLA, CHOCTAWHATCHEE AND
ESCAMBIA RIVERS
GEORGIA: THE ALTAMAHA, OCMULGEE, OCONEE, OHOOPEE AND
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVERS
IOWA: THE CEDAR, CHARITON, ENGLISH, IOWA, MAQUOKETA,
NISHNABOTNA AND WEST NISHNABOTNA, SKUNK AND NORTH SKUNK, AND
WAPSIPINICON RIVERS
ILLINOIS: THE ILLINOIS RIVER
KANSAS: THE BIG BLUE AND BLACK VERMILLION RIVERS;
STRANGER CREEK
LOUISIANA: THE ATCHAFALAYA, BLACK, BOEUF, BOGUE CHITTO,
CALCASIEU, LITTLE, MISSISSIPPI, OUACHITA, PEARL, RED, SABINE
AND TANGIPAHOA RIVERS; RED CHUTE BAYOU AND BAYOU DORCHEAT;
LAKE BISTANEAU, CADDO LAKE; THE BAYOU BODCAU RESERVOIR
THE BAYOU BODCAU RESERVOIR IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A NEW
RECORD LEVEL NEXT WEEK, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING
SEVERE BACKWATER FLOODING OF TRIBUTARIES ALONG THE
RED RIVER, INCLUDING THE FLAT RIVER, ALOHA, KISATCHIE,
LOGGY AND SALINE BAYOUS, AS WELL AS BAYOUS NANTACHES
AND PIERRE, AND BLACK LAKE
MISSISSIPPI: THE BIG BLACK, BILOXI, CHICKASWHAY, LEAF,
MISSISSIPPI, PASCAGOULA, PEARL, TALLAHATCHIE, WOLF,
YALOBUSHA, YAZOO AND YOCKANOOKANY RIVERS; TUSCOLAMETA CREEK
MISSOURI: THE CROOKED, FISHING, GRAND, PLATTE AND
LITTLE PLATTE RIVERS
NEBRASKA: THE ELKHORN, LITTLE BLUE AND PLATTE RIVERS
NORTH DAKOTA: THE CANNONBALL RIVER
SOUTH DAKOTA: THE WHITE RIVER
TEXAS: THE ANGELINA, GUADALUPE, NAVASOTA, NAVIDAD, NECHES,
RED, SABINE, SULPHUR AND SOUTH SULPHUR, AND TRINITY RIVERS;
ATTOYAC AND BLACK CYPRESS BAYOUS; BIG CYPRESS, CHAMBERS,
LAKE FORK, LITTLE CYPRESS, PEACH AND WHITE OAK CREEKS
=> 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 15 at 00:15 UTC
EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
(29.0 TO 35.8 N, 102.0 TO 125.0 W)
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 MAR 13 18:39:14.00 33.4 N 116.4 W 12 km 2.8
25 miles SSW of Indio, California
2001 MAR 14 01:19:41.00 34.6 N 116.3 W 1 km 3.0
40 miles NNW of Twentynine Palms, California
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 MAR 14 06:25:04.67 51.9 N 178.4 W 100 km 4.8
75 miles W of Adak, Alaska
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
Time F-Scale Location County State Lat Lon Comments
0204 UNK FORKED ISLAND VERMILION LA 2983 9230 TORNADO ON THE
GROUND. (LCH)
Hail Reports
Time Size Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2155 88 THICKET HARDIN TX 3041 9459 (LCH)
2155 75 2 S MC LOUTH JEFFERSON KS 3916 9521 (TOP)
0013 88 7 SW HAYS ELLIS KS 3878 9942 (DDC)
0022 75 4 S CIMARRON GRAY KS 3773 10034 (DDC)
0036 88 4 SSW JETMORE HODGEMAN KS 3802 9993 (DDC)
0040 75 10 W DODGE CITY FORD KS 3774 10022 (DDC)
0040 75 14 SSE GARDEN CITY FINNEY KS 3775 10075 (DDC)
0110 75 MONTEZUMA GRAY KS 3759 10044 (DDC)
0130 75 6 W FOWLER MEADE KS 3738 10032 (DDC)
0135 75 12 ESE MONTEZUMA GRAY KS 3752 10021 (DDC)
0145 100 11 E DODGE CITY FORD KS 3774 9978 (DDC)
0210 75 ISABEL BARBER KS 3746 9855 (DDC)
0225 75 CUNNINGHAM KINGMAN KS 3764 9843 (ICT)
0240 100 9 NW ATTICA HARPER KS 3733 9836 REPORTED BY PUBLIC (ICT)
0307 100 6 S BEAVER BEAVER OK 3671 10051 REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY
EOC. (AMA)
0308 100 10 N MEDICINE LODGE BARBER KS 3744 9858 (DDC)
0314 75 3 SW DUQUOIN HARPER KS 3734 9812 REPORTED BY PUBLIC (ICT)
0328 100 6 S BEAVER BEAVER OK 3671 10051 REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY
EOC. (AMA)
0331 88 NASHVILLE KINGMAN KS 3745 9843 REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER
(ICT)
0336 88 4 NE CUNNINGHAM KINGMAN KS 3769 9837 REPORTED BY PUBLIC (ICT)
0343 75 5 E GOESSEL MARION KS 3824 9724 REPORTED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT
(ICT)
0347 75 9 NNW ATTICA HARPER KS 3737 9830 REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER
(ICT)
Wind Reports
Time Speed Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2220 UNK 3 N SPURGER TYLER TX 3073 9418 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. (LCH)
2345 72 SABINE PASS JEFFERSON TX 2976 9390 REPORTED BY SAWRS WEATHER
OBSERVER. (LCH)
0020 UNK LAKIN KEARNY KS 3794 10125 ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING. SEMI
OVERTURNED. POWER LINES DOWN. (DDC)
0040 UNK GRAND CHENIER CAMERON LA 2976 9298 LARGE BRANCH KNOCKED
DONW BLOCKING ROADWAY. (LCH)
0157 UNK KAPLAN VERMILION LA 2999 9228 TWO POWERLINES DOWN. (LCH)
0220 UNK NEW IBERIA IBERIA LA 2999 9181 TREES DOWN SOUTHEAST SIDE OF
NEW IBERIA. (LCH)
0328 UNK 6 S BEAVER BEAVER OK 3671 10051 POWER POLES DOWN AND STOP
SIGNS BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY EOC. (AMA)
0330 UNK PAMPA GRAY TX 3553 10096 WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF CARS.
REPORTED BY PAMPA CENTRAL DISPATCH. (AMA)
0345 UNK 10 E BEAVER BEAVER OK 3681 10030 TREE LIMBS DOWN AND LARGE
FIBERGLASS TANK ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD. REPORTED BY BEAVER COUNTY
EOC. (AMA)
0645 UNK MILTON SANTA ROSA FL 3063 8703 HIGH TSTM WINDS BLEW ROOF
OFF HOME NEAR MILTON (MOB)
0755 UNK TALLASSEE ELMORE AL 3253 8590 TREES DOWN...HWY 49N NEAR HWY
14. ALSO POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN. REPORTED BY TALLASSEE PD.
(BHM)
0755 UNK TALLASSEE TALLAPOOSA AL 3253 8590 TREES DOWN...HWY 49N NEAR
HWY 14. ALSO POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN. REPORTED BY TALLASSEE
PD. (BHM)
0800 UNK NOTASULGA MACON AL 3256 8566 A VACANT MOBILE HOME WAS
DESTROYED. SEVERE POWER LINE DAMAGE ALONG HWY 199. REPORTED BY
TALLASSEE PD. (BHM)
0810 UNK LOACHAPOKA LEE AL 3259 8558 S.O. REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG
HWY 14 AND ALONG LEE RD. (BHM)
0920 UNK PHENIX CITY RUSSELL AL 3246 8500 EMA REPORTED TREES DOWN
NEAR PHENIX CITY ALONG OLD HWY 431. (BHM)
0055 60 17 NNE SUBLETTE HASKELL KS 3774 10071 (DDC)
0110 62 3 SSE BEAVER BEAVER OK 3677 10049 REPORTED BY OKLAHOMA
MESONET (AMA)
0110 62 3 SSE BOISE CITY CIMARRON OK 3668 10249 REPORTED BY OKLAHOMA
MESONET (AMA)
0145 60 5 ESE WRIGHT FORD KS 3775 9978 (DDC)
0203 61 2 E GOODWELL TEXAS OK 3659 10159 REPORTED BY OKLAHOMA
MESONET. TIME WAS ESTIMATED. (AMA)
0205 70 DUMAS MOORE TX 3584 10196 NUMEROUS TELEPHONE AND POWER
POLES DOWN...TRAILER HOMES BLOWN OVER...WINDOWS OF CARS AND
BUSINESSES BLOWN OUT...AND A TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG BLOWN OFF THE
ROAD. REPORTED B (AMA)
0255 68 2 N PANTEX CARSON TX 3536 10156 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. (AMA)
0333 70 CLARENDON DONLEY TX 3493 10090 REPORTED BY DONLEY COUNTY
EOC. (AMA)
0400 70 CANADIAN HEMPHILL TX 3590 10038 REPORTED BY HEMPHILL COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE. (AMA)
0520 58 4 WNW CAMARGO DEWEY OK 3604 9935 NON-CONVECTIVE WIND GUST
MEASURED BY OKLAHOMA MESONET (OKC)
0535 61 6 SE MUTUAL WOODWARD OK 3616 9907 NON-CONVECTIVE WIND GUST
MEASURED BY OKLAHOMA MESONET (OKC)
0645 58 MILTON SANTA ROSA FL 3063 8703 ASOS AT WHITING FIELD REPORTED
TSTM WIND GUST OF 58 MPH AROUND 1245 AM. (MOB)
0815 60 AUBURN LEE AL 3261 8546 S.O. ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS. (BHM)
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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=>Fire Grant Program Update
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States
Fire
Administration (USFA) announced today a toll free information line is now
available for the new
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The toll free number is
866-274-0960. Calling hours are
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. E.S.T. The line will also
accept voice-mail messages
after hours, on weekends, or if the line is busy. Questions may also be sent
to a toll free fax line,
866-274-0942, or e-mailed to usfagrants{at}fema.gov
The complete set of grant application forms is not currently available, but
will be posted on the
USFA website in the near future. The forms will be downloadable from the web
site, but it will not
be possible to electronically submit completed application forms. Further
information will be posted
as soon as the Interim Final Rule is published in the Federal Register. An
announcement will also be
mailed to every fire department, state fire training agency, state fire
marshal's office, and to allied
professionals.
All Assistance to Firefighters Grant applicants will need to complete
several federal forms in order to
prepare a grant application. There will be a 30-day open grant application
period beginning shortly
after the Interim Final Rule is published in the Federal Register.
In addition to program specific information, applicants will be required to
complete the following
generic forms:
SF 424, Request for Federal Assistance
FEMA Form 20-20, Budget-Non Construction
FEMA Form 20-16, Summary of Assurances
SF-LLL, Lobbying Disclosure
These forms are now available on the USFA Website at
www.usfa.fema.gov/grants/. A brochure,
Developing and Writing Grant Proposals is available for download in PDF
format. This seven-page
document explains the basic steps in Federal grant proposal writing.
Grant applicants will also be required to submit program specific
information that must be correlated
with the above forms. Potential applicants may familiarize themselves with
the generic forms;
however, it may be premature to fill them out at this time.
The SF 270 form listed on several websites would be used by awardees to
request funding transfers,
and it is not required unless an actual grant award is made and a subsequent
transfer of funds is
needed.
Anyone interested in serving as a grant evaluator should contact one of the
following fire service
professional groups:
Congressional Fire Services Institute www.cfsi.org
International Association of Arson Investigators www.fire-investigators.org
International Society of Fire Service Instructors www.isfsi.org
National Association of State Fire Marshals www.firemarshals.org
National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org
National Volunteer Fire Council www.nvfc.org
North American Fire Training Directors
Each Evaluation Panel will meet for one week at the National Fire Academy in
late May and early
June to review grant applications.
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/about/press/01-026.htm
=> Update On Investigation Of United Airlines Flight 42 Dual Engine Roll
Back
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
March 14, 2001
Washington DC - On Sunday, March 4, 2001 a United Airlines Boeing 767
departing from Maui, Hawaii experienced a dual engine roll back. The
airplane diverted to Kona, Hawaii and made a normal landing. Upon landing in
Kona, the aircraft was examined by representatives from the Federal Aviation
Administration and United personnel. The aircraft was later flown to a
United maintenance facility in San Francisco for further examination. There
were no injuries as a result of this incident.
The aircraft's Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR)
were delivered to the National Transportation Safety Board laboratory in
Washington D.C. The CVR contained no information relevant to this incident.
The initial readout of the FDR indicates that, while climbing through 29,000
feet, the right engine experienced a reduction in power to below idle but
did not completely stop operating. About 20 seconds later, the left engine
experienced a similar reduction in power. The reduction of power occurred
as the crew attempted to rectify an imbalance in the fuel load.
Approximately 20 seconds after the power reduction in the second engine, the
FDR stopped recording data for a period of time no greater than half a
minute. When the FDR began recording again, the power of both engines was
increasing. The engines returned to normal power shortly thereafter; data
shows that neither engine experienced a total loss of power.
Based on current information, there is no indication that the airplane, its
engines, or systems malfunctioned. Since the engine roll back occurred
during a fuel transfer procedure, United Airlines, Boeing, and the NTSB are
evaluating operational procedures and the operating characteristics of the
engines and fuel system.
=> DoD Investigates F/A-18 Training Accident
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14, 2001 -- U.S. military officials are
investigating the March 12 F/A-18 training accident in
Kuwait that killed six coalition service members and
injured seven others.
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Mike DeLong will head the
investigation coordinated by U.S. Central Command. New
Zealand and Kuwait have been invited to send
representatives.
Pentagon officials said a Navy F/A-18 Hornet from the USS
Harry S. Truman in the Arabian Gulf dropped three 500-pound
gravity bombs near Observation Post 10 on the Al Udairi
Test Range. The range is about 45 miles northwest of Kuwait
City and 30 miles south of the Iraqi border.
The ordnance struck near the observation post manned by the
forward air controllers responsible for directing the
strikes, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said
here March 13. The military personnel were in a small
structure and tactical vehicles.
Five of those killed were U.S. service members; the sixth
was a New Zealand military officer.
Army officials identified four of those killed as: Staff
Sgt. Troy J. Westberg, of Wisconsin, a medical sergeant
with 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; and
explosive ordnance disposal specialists Staff Sgt. Richard
N. Boudreau of Florida, Sgt. Phillip M. Freligh of Nevada,
and Spc. Jason D. Wildfong of West Virginia, all with the
707th Ordnance Company of Fort Lewis, Wash.
Air Force officials identified the fifth American killed as
Staff Sgt. Jason M. Faley, a tactical air controller with
the 19th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Campbell,
Ky.
Four of the injured, two Kuwaitis and two Americans, were
treated and released, Quigley said.
Three other Americans were seriously injured and taken to a
Kuwaiti medical facility. One has since been flown to
Germany for surgery and is listed in serious condition,
officials of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center said early
March 14. They said the other two were expected to arrive
at Landstuhl that evening.
Navy Cmdr. David O. Zimmerman was pilot of the F/A-18
Hornet and taking part in a quarterly air support exercise
when the accident happened between 7 and 7:30 p.m. Kuwaiti
time, Quigley said.
Zimmerman commands the USS Truman's Strike Fighter Squadron
37 and has logged 3,000 flight hours in the Hornet, the
admiral said. Three days before the accident, he noted,
Zimmerman dropped live ordnance at Udairi on a day mission
and a practice bomb during a night run.
DoD News Briefing transcript for March 12, 2001
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2001/t03132001_t313asdb.html
Navy F/A-18 Fact File
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/aircraft/air-fa18.html
=> DMA E-News - Don't flirt with flooding
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 12, 2001) -Except for fire, floods are the most common
and widespread of all natural disasters. Most communities in the United
States can experience some kind of flooding after spring rains, heavy
thunderstorms, or winter snow thaws.
While only one Kentucky life was lost to flood waters last year, flooding
has caused the deaths of more than 10,000 people in this country since 1900.
Property damage from flooding now totals over $1 billion each year in the
United States.
Sometimes floods can take just minutes to develop, while others develop over
a period of days. Either way, floodwaters can be extremely dangerous.
Flash floods usually result from intense storms dumping large amounts of
rain within a brief period. True to their name, flash floods occur with
little or no warning and can reach full peak in only a few minutes. Flash
flood waters move at very fast speeds and can roll boulders, tear out trees,
destroy buildings, and obliterate bridges. The force of just six inches of
swiftly moving water can knock people off their feet. Walls of water can
reach heights of 10 to 20 feet and generally are accompanied by a deadly
cargo of debris.
What's the best way to be prepared for flooding? Keep close tabs on the
weather, especially in the spring. Broadcast weather forecasts, either by
commercial radio and television or via NOAA weather radio are perhaps the
quickest, most effective methods to stay abreast of rapidly changing weather
conditions. Understand the difference between a WATCH and a WARNING. A
WATCH means flooding is possible. A WARNING means a flood is occurring or
will occur very soon.
The best response to any sign of flooding is to move immediately to higher
ground. Never drive through floodwaters. Cars can be easily be swept away
by a mere 2 feet of moving water. If floodwaters begin to rise around a car,
it should be abandoned immediately. Passengers should quickly climb to
higher ground.
Act quickly, intelligently and responsibly to be safe when floodwaters are
on the rise.
For additional information on flood safety visit these web sites:
The Kentucky Division of Emergency Management --
http://kyem.dma.state.ky.us/
The Federal Emergency Management Agency -
http://www.fema.gov/library/floodfs.pdf
The American Red Cross --
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyflood.html#Know
The National Weather Service -- http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
=> National Drought Summary -- March 13, 2001
The Southeast: A potent storm system moved across the Southeast March 11-12,
providing plenty
of severe weather and a round of heavy rains, especially from eastern Texas
through southern
Georgia. One-day rainfall totals exceeded 3 inches in southeastern Alabama,
southern Georgia, and
the central Florida Panhandle on the 12th. Weekly totals of 2-4 inches were
common from northern
and eastern Texas through most of Georgia and northwest Florida.
Precipitation totals since the
beginning of March have ranged between 5 and 8 inches for the D0 areas of
southeastern Louisiana,
southern Mississippi, and southern Alabama. As a result of these rains, D2
(severe drought)
conditions improved to D1 (moderate drought) in parts of northern and far
southern Georgia.
Drought conditions also improved a category across the Florida Panhandle.
The Tallahassee area
improved from severe (D2) to moderate drought (D1), although long-term
precipitation departures
remain.
Meanwhile, most of Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia
received much less
rain during the week and saw little improvement in their drought conditions.
Across the Florida
Peninsula, little rain fell during the week. Tougher water restrictions
continue to be put into place.
According to the National Climatic Data Center, statewide precipitation for
March 2000 through
February 2001 was the lowest recorded. The same is also true for the October
2000 through
February 2001 period. Wildfires have now burned 111,000 acres across the
state since the
beginning of January, which is a greater amount than the annual totals in 10
of the last 20 years.
The Central Appalachians: The major winter storms affecting the northeastern
United States brought
less precipitation to areas in western Pennsylvania and southwestern New
York that are
experiencing D0 (abnormally dry) conditions. Precipitation totals for the
week in this area were less
than one inch.
The Plains: A winter storm March 11-12 dropped more than one inch of
precipitation from
south-central Kansas through southeastern Nebraska and western Iowa. The
remaining D1
(moderate drought) area in west-central Iowa was downgraded to D0
(abnormally dry) because
precipitation has been above normal in this area since October 1, 2000. Some
long-term concerns
remain. No changes occurred in western Nebraska, western Texas and
southeastern New Mexico,
and the lower Rio Grande Valley. Rio Grande River flows have been reduced to
the point that water
has no longer been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico during recent weeks. This
has potentially serious
environmental and economic impacts to the estuary, affecting commercial and
recreational fisheries in
the area.
The West: The Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies experienced another
generally dry week
March 6-13. As a result of low precipitation totals and snow water content
in the snowpack, a large
area of D2 (severe drought) was added in eastern Washington, northern Idaho,
and northwestern
Montana. Precipitation totals and the snow water content in this area
generally were 40-55% of
average for the middle of March. SNOTEL measurements within the severe
drought region in Idaho
reveal the lowest snow water content in the last 20 years, with many of
these sites approaching the
lowest levels reached in 1977, while the Surface Water Supply Index for the
river basins in this
region generally ranged between -2.5 and -3.3. In Washington, Governor Gary
Locke planned to
make an official declaration of drought on March 14, releasing $5 million in
emergency funds to the
Washington Department of Ecology to assist the state in dealing with the
drought. The continued
dryness also led to an increase of the D0 (abnormally dry) classification in
southern Wyoming and
small parts of Utah and Colorado.
Hawaii and Puerto Rico: In Puerto Rico, the most recent week was dry across
the Island, with no
changes occurring in the D0 (abnormally dry) areas along the southern coast.
As for Hawaii, dryness
has returned to the state following a brief wetter period in early and
mid-February. This dryness now
exists on a short-term and long-term basis. Honolulu, for example, has
received only 25% of normal
precipitation for the past 30 days (around 2 inches is the normal) ending
March 12, 2001. For the
past 90 days, the city is only at 11% of normal ( approximately an 8-inch
departure). Over the last
year, only 31% of normal precipitation has fallen (a 15-inch departure).
Finally, over the past 40
months, since November 1997, only 33% of the normal precipitation has fallen
in Honolulu and a
deficit of 53 inches has built up over that 40-month period. Given the
dryness across the state, and
the resulting impacts to agricultural and for wildfires, various drought
categories continue to exist
from D0 (abnormally dry) to D3 (extreme drought). Drought conditions have
intensified to D2
(severe drought) across southern Maui and to D1 (moderate drought) on Lanai.
Looking Ahead: Weather features to watch in the next 10-day period that may
affect areas
experiencing dryness or drought across the country include: 1) several
weather systems are
projected to move across the southern United States from Texas to the
Carolinas March 14-16 and
17-19 with the potential for severe weather and heavy rains, bringing
additional relief to the areas
experiencing long-term drought in this region; 2) central and northern
Florida may also see some
beneficial rains from these systems; 3) a companion storm system March 14-16
is expected to
spread snow and rain across the Midwest and mid-Mississippi Valley,
providing more relief to the
long-term drought areas in Iowa and Tennessee; 4) several relatively weak
weather systems are also
expected to move across the Pacific Northwest by March 19 and may bring
light to moderate
precipitation to areas of Washington state; 5) in Hawaii, the probability of
more frontal activity than
has generally been seen this winter could provide beneficial precipitation
in the drought areas March
18-22; 6) the 6-10 day forecast issued March 13 by the CPC for the March
19-23 period shows
an expectation for below-normal precipitation across the western third of
the United States, including
the drought areas in the Pacific Northwest; and 7) the same 6-10 day CPC
forecast shows
above-normal precipitation for all of the drought areas in the Southeast,
including all of Florida.
Author: Michael Hayes
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FIRES IN HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, NICARAGUA
Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning in
Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/C_America/FSMHScam073_N4.jpg
FIRES IN GUYANA, SURINAME, AND BRAZIL
Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning in
Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Brazil/FSMHSbrz073_N4.jpg
RAY SUAREZ: In France, government officials destroyed and then burned more
than 100 cattle at risk for foot-and-mouth disease.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june01/footmouth_3-14a.html
Fewer Insured Losses in 2000 Despite Huge Floods
http://www.nandotimes.com/newsroom/prn/archive/data/031501/prn1316.html
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