FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 20, 2017
Significant Events: No significant activity
Tropical Activity:• Atlantic – Disturbance 1 – Medium (50%); Disturbance 2 – Low (10%); Disturbance 3 – Low (10%)• Eastern Pacific – Tropical Storm Kenneth• Central Pacific – No tropical cyclones expected next 48 hours • Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests
Significant Weather: • Flash Flooding possible – Portions of CA, Southwest, and Middle Mississippi Valley • Elevated Fire Weather – ID and WY • Space weather: o Past 24 hours: Minor G1 o Next 24 hours: Minor G1
Earthquake Activity: No significant...
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Saturday, August 19, 2017
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Saturday, August 19, 2017
Significant Activity – August 18-19
Significant Events: No significant activity
Tropical Activity:
Atlantic – Tropical Storm Harvey; Disturbance 1 – Low (20%); Disturbance 2 – Low (10%)
Eastern Pacific – Tropical Storm Kenneth
Central Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Low (20%)
Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests
Significant Weather:
Severe Thunderstorms possible – Central Plains
Flash Flooding possible – Southwest
Elevated Fire Weather – CA; OR; ID; MT; WY; ND; SD...
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Friday, August 18, 2017
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Friday, August 18, 2017
Significant Activity – August 17-18
Significant Events: No significant activity
Tropical Activity:
Atlantic – Post-Tropical Cyclone Gert (FINAL); Tropical Storm Harvey; Disturbance 1 – High (70%); Disturbance 2 – Low (10%)
Eastern Pacific – Disturbance 1 – High (90%)
Central Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Low (30%)
Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests
Significant Weather:
Severe Thunderstorms – Mid-Atlantic
Flash Flooding possible – Central/Southern Plains, Middle/Lower Mississippi valleys, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast...
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Tuesday, August 17, 2017
Significant Events: No significant activity
Tropical Activity:
• Atlantic – Hurricane Gert; Disturbance 1 – High (80%); Disturbance 2 – Medium (50%); Disturbance 3 – Low (near 0%);
• Eastern Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Medium (40%)
• Central Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Medium (50%)
• Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests
Significant Weather:
• Severe Thunderstorms possible – Central/Southern High Plains, Ohio Valley to Great Lakes
• Space weather:
o Past 24 hours: Minor G1
o...
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Tuesday, August 16, 2017
Significant Events: No significant activity
Tropical Activity:
• Atlantic – Hurricane Gert; Disturbance 1 – Low (20%); Disturbance 2 – Low (30%); Disturbance 3 – Low (near 0%);
• Eastern Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Low (near 0%)
• Central Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Medium (60%)
• Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests
Significant Weather:
• Severe thunderstorms/flash flooding – Mississippi River Valley and Great Lakes
• Space weather:
o Past 24 hours: None
o Next...
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Official website of the Department of Homeland SecurityOriginal linkOriginal author: felicia.jordan
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Tuesday, August 15, 2017
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Significant Activity – August 14-15
Significant Events: No significant activity
Tropical Activity:
Atlantic – Hurricane Gert; Disturbance 1 – Low (20%); Disturbance 2 – Low (10%); Disturbance 3 – Low (near 0%);
Eastern Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Low (near 0%); Disturbance 2 – Low (near 0%); Disturbance 3 – Low (near 0%)
Central Pacific – Disturbance 1 – Low (30%)
Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests
Significant Weather:
Severe...
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Livingston Parish was one of the hardest hit areas by the historic flood event of August 2016 and Denham Springs Elementary was one of the schools most impacted.“When we saw the classrooms, we knew everything was lost. The rooms were just destroyed,” said Gail DeLee, Denham Springs Elementary School Principal. The school is over 40 years old and the flood waters severely damaged the aging buildings and everything inside.“My first visit to our campus was with my husband and my 16 year old son. It was very...
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Monday, August 14, 2017
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Monday, August 14, 2017
Significant Activity – August 11-14
Significant Events: No significant activity
Tropical Activity:
Atlantic – Tropical Storm Gert; Disturbance 1 – Low (20%)
Eastern Pacific – Post-Tropical Cyclone Jova (Final); Disturbance 1 – Low (10%); Disturbance 2 – Low (near 0%)
Central Pacific – No tropical cyclones expected next 48 hours
Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests
Significant Weather:
Severe Thunderstorms – Central Plains
Flash flooding – Southern Plains to Ohio/Tennessee...
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