The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For September 10, 2000
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
=> Special Notes
=> Current Tropical Weather Outlook
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
=> Precipitation Forecast and Excessive Rainfall Forecast
=> USA Flood Report
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
=> USA Earthquake Report
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
=> Guest Column
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=> Prescribed Fire: Will It Work?
=> Hanford Review Clears Firefighters
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Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Mon...107 At Lawton And Frederick OK And Wichita Falls And Lajitas TX
And Lake Havasu City AZ
Low Tue...30 At Stanley ID
=> Special Notes
There are two tropical systems of interest. One Florence located in the
Atlantic and another Lane in the eastern Pacific. Moisture associated with
Lane is likely to spread over the southwestern U.S. over the next couple of
days, and Florence does not appear to be moving anywhere soon.
=> Current Tropical Weather Outlook For The North Atlantic Caribbean Sea And
The Gulf Of Mexico
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm
Florence...located about 365 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras North
Carolina...or about 515 miles west-southwest of Bermuda.
Thunderstorm activity in the western Caribbean Sea has become more
concentrated this morning. This activity is associated with a broad area of
low pressure and upper-level winds have become quite favorable for
development. An Air Force Reserve unit reconnaissance aircraft will
investigate this system late this afternoon.
A weak area of low pressure is moving slowly west-northwestward in the
western Gulf of Mexico. Although there are only a few disorganized showers
associated with this system...upper-level winds remain favorable for
development.
There has been little change with the tropical wave located about 850 miles
east of the Lesser Antilles. This system is moving westward toward an area
where upper-level winds are less favorable for development.
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Tue Sep 12 11:48:07 2000
Flash Flood
Texas
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS MONTAGUE
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 200 PM CDT
Flood
Indiana
Ohio
FOR THE TIFFIN RIVER...INCLUDING STRYKER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
THE LATEST STAGE IS 9.7 FEET AT 10 AM TUESDAY. MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST...WITH A CREST OF 13.0 FEET AT 7 AM WEDNESDAY...WHICH IS 2.0 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
Hurricane/Tropical Storm
United States
PROBABILITIES FOR GUIDANCE IN HURRICANE PROTECTION
PLANNING BY GOVERNMENT AND DISASTER OFFICIALS
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF FLORENCE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.1 WEST
CHANCES OF CENTER OF THE STORM PASSING WITHIN 65 NAUTICAL MILES
OF LISTED LOCATIONS THROUGH 8AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2000
LOCATION A B C D E LOCATION A B C D E
30.5N 73.0W 99 X X X 99 COCOA BEACH FL X X 1 3 4
30.7N 72.6W 99 X X X 99 DAYTONA BEACH FL X X X 3 3
31.0N 72.0W 34 X X 1 35 JACKSONVILLE FL X X X 2 2
MYMM 224N 730W X X X 3 3 SAVANNAH GA X X X 2 2
MYSM 241N 745W X X 1 5 6 CHARLESTON SC X X 1 2 3
MYEG 235N 758W X X X 4 4 MYRTLE BEACH SC X X 1 3 4
MYAK 241N 776W X X X 4 4 WILMINGTON NC X X 1 4 5
MYNN 251N 775W X X 1 5 6 MOREHEAD CITY NC X X 2 5 7
MYGF 266N 787W X X 1 6 7 CAPE HATTERAS NC X X 1 6 7
BERMUDA X X X 6 6 NORFOLK VA X X X 3 3
MARATHON FL X X X 2 2 OCEAN CITY MD X X X 2 2
MIAMI FL X X X 3 3 MARCO ISLAND FL X X X 2 2
W PALM BEACH FL X X X 4 4 FT MYERS FL X X X 2 2
FT PIERCE FL X X 1 3 4 TAMPA FL X X X 2 2
COLUMN DEFINITION PROBABILITIES IN PERCENT
A IS PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 8AM WED
FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL PROBABILITIES
B FROM 8AM WED TO 8PM WED
C FROM 8PM WED TO 8AM THU
D FROM 8AM THU TO 8AM FRI
E IS TOTAL PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 8AM FRI
X MEANS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT
=> 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 and larger over the northeast 1/4
of Texas.
Wind Risk - Slight
There is a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots over two areas
One over the northeast 1/4 of Texas southern Oklahoma.
And over central and western Pennsylvania and southern west New York.
Tomorrow's Risk - Slight
There are no areas at risk of severe weather tomorrow.
Areas at a lesser degree of risk include central Oregon southeast Minnesota,
far northeast Iowa and central west Wisconsin
=> Precipitation Forecast and Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
According to the 24 hr precipitation forecast over an inch of rainfall will
fall over portions of the southwest 1/2 of Texas, far southeast Oklahoma,
central Mississippi, far northeast Kentucky, far south southwest Ohio,
northeast Pennsylvania, far northern New Jersey, southeast New York except
for the far southeast areas, and western Massachusetts.
The 24 - 48 hr precipitation forecast calls for over and inch of rainfall
over east southeast Texas.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood levels.
=> USA Flood Report
NATIONAL HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0900 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000
FLOOD SUMMARY
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST
OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LED TO FLASH FLOODING, WITH
SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS, PARTICULARLY IN
MILWAUKEE COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS ALSO PENETRATED PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA,
OHIO, MICHIGAN AND TENNESSEE. RAIN IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY IN
DROUGHT-STRICKEN EASTERN TEXAS, WITH SHOWERS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE
NORTHEAST.
FLASH FLOODING:
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES
WERE ISSUED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS (IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER, BY STATE).
FLORIDA: COLLIER COUNTY
ILLINOIS: BUREAU, CARROLL, JO DAVIESS, PUTNAM, ROCK ISLAND AND
STEPHENSON COUNTIES
INDIANA: DE KALB, KOSCIUSKO, LAGRANGE, MARSHALL, NOBLE AND STEUBEN
COUNTIES
IOWA: SCOTT COUNTY
MARYLAND: ALLEGANY COUNTY
MICHIGAN: ALLEGAN, BARRY, HILLSDALE, LENAWEE, OAKLAND, VAN BUREN,
WASHTENAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES
OHIO: DEFIANCE, FULTON AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES
TENNESSEE: OBION AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES
WISCONSIN: BROWN, GRANT, GREEN, KENOSHA, LAFAYETTE, MILWAUKEE,
OUTGAMIE, RACINE, WAUKESHA, WAUSHARA AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR EXPECTED TO
RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, BY STATE):
FLORIDA: THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
INDIANA: THE ELKHART RIVER
WISCONSIN: THE MENOMINEE, PECATONICA, BIG EAU PLEINE AND FOX RIVERS
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 - 0530 MDT
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL IV
CURRENT SITUATION:
Two new large fires were reported, both in the Southern Area. Crews
reached containment goals on eight fires, two in the Eastern Great Basin
and six in the Southern Area. Initial attack activity was light
throughout the United States. There is a possibility of thunderstorms
across southern and central California due to subtropical moisture pushing
into the state. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in
Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
SOUTHERN AREA LARGE FIRES:
3 B FIRE COMMAND, Florida Division of Forestry. This fire is burning near
Broward, FL in a State Conservation area. There is no access to the fire
and is being monitored daily by aircraft.
NORTHERN ROCKIES AREA LARGE FIRES:
An Area Command Team (Gale) is assigned to manage the large fires in
northwest Montana.
VALLEY COMPLEX, Bitterroot National Forest. A Type I Incident Management
Team (Stutler) is assigned. The Army's 3rd Battalion 327th Infantry from
Ft. Campbell, KY, commanded by LTC Lehr, is assigned and scheduled for
demobilization on the 13th. These fires are seven miles south of Darby,
MT. The complex consists of the Bear, Taylor, Taylor Spot, Hilltop,
Razor, Fat and Mink fires. Precipitation and higher relative humidity are
keeping the fire activity at a low level. Demobilization of resources
continues.
SKALKAHO COMPLEX, Bitterroot National Forest. A Type I Incident
Management Team (Rutherford) is assigned. This group of fires is ten
miles southeast of Hamilton, MT. Included in the complex are the Bear and
Coyote fires. The fire activity remains light with cooler temperatures
and higher relative humidity.
MIDDLE FORK COMPLEX, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. A Type II
Incident Management Team (Swope) is assigned. The complex consists of the
Falls Creek, Cougar Creek, Coyote Springs, Medicine Lake, Skalkaho Pass,
Lick Creek and Cooper Creek fires, 30 miles southwest of Philipsburg, MT.
Crews continue to build direct fireline, mopup and secure existing
containment lines.
MAUDLOW/TOSTON, Central Land Office, Montana Department of Natural
Resources and Conservation. A Type II Incident Management Team (Corbin)
is assigned. These fires are 25 miles northeast of Belgrade, MT. The
fire activity is low due to precipitation received. Weather has made
access to the fireline difficult.
MUSSIGBROD COMPLEX, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. A Type II
Incident Management Team (Specht) is assigned. These fires are 12 miles
northwest of Wisdom, MT. The complex includes the Mussigbrod and Maynard
fires. Crews continue to make progress on hot spotting, cold trailing and
rehabilitation efforts.
ALDER CREEK, Lolo National Forest. A Type II Incident Management Team
(Davidson) is assigned. This fire is 31 miles southeast of Missoula, MT.
No new information was received.
KOOTENAI COMPLEX, Kootenai National Forest. A Type II Incident Management
Team (Novotny) is assigned. The Army's 1st Battalion 321st Artillery from
Ft. Bragg, NC, commanded by LTC Mathis, is assigned and scheduled for
demobilization on the 14th. These fires are 20 miles northwest of Libby,
MT. The Troy South Complex has been included within this complex. All
fires were quiet today, and some rehabilitation is being implemented.
This will be the last report unless significant activity occurs.
EASTERN GREAT BASIN AREA LARGE FIRES:
CLEAR CREEK COMPLEX, Salmon-Challis National Forest. A Type I Incident
Management Team (Stam) is assigned. This complex consists of the Clear
Creek, Marlin Springs, Full Circle and Sisters fires. The 3rd Battalion,
2nd Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, commanded by LTC Smith, is
committed. Mopup and rehabilitation goals are being met.
FONTENELLE, Bridger-Teton National Forest. This fire is 20 miles north of
Kemmerer, WY. Cloud cover and higher relative humidity have diminished
fire activity.
SCF WILDERNESS, Salmon-Challis National Forest. Eleven wildland fires are
currently burning within the Salmon Challis Wilderness Complex: Little
Pistol, Indian Creek, Filly, Butts, Papoose, Parker, Packer Meadow, Shell
Rock, Wilson Creek, Jackass and Jack Creek. Minimal fire activity was
observed.
WESTERN GREAT BASIN AREA LARGE FIRES:
MAHOGANY CREEK, Winnemucca Field Office, BLM. The fire is burning in
grass, mahogany and sage 75 miles northwest of Winnemucca, NV. Crews
continue to make progress as fire behavior is limited to interior fuels.
Current threats are to wildlife habitat.
TRW FIRE, Orange County Fire Department. This vegetation fire is burning
in Orange County, CA. The cause of ignition is under investigation.
OUTLOOK:
For the Southern Area a weak high pressure will remain over Florida and
Georgia. This will continue to allow abundant moisture and scattered
thunderstorms to move into Texas and the coastal regions. High
temperatures will be in the 80's to 90's with 100's expected near the Rio
Grande. Minimum relative humidity will be 40 to 50 percent inland and 60
to 70 percent along the Gulf Coast. Winds will be east to south at 5 to
15 mph.
In the West high pressure will begin to amplify across the southwest
states and into the Pacific northwest. A stationary low pressure area of
the California coast will help push moisture up from the subtropics into
California. As a result, isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible
across southern and central California. Otherwise warm and dry conditions
can be expected across the remainder of the west.
High temperatures in the West will be in the mid 60's to mid 80's in the
Northern rockies and Intermountain West. In the Central and West Coast
areas temperatures will be in the 70's to near 90, and from the 90's to
near 110 in the warmest deserts of the Southwest and Great Basin.
Minimum relative humidity in the west will generally be in the mid teens
to upper 30's with some single digits in the warmest southern deserts.
Winds in the west will mostly be west to northwest 10-20 mph.
=> 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 2000 SEP 12 at 00:36 UTC
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2000 SEP 10 18:35:58.56 61.3 N 146.6 W 33 km 2.8
15 miles NNW of Valdez, Alaska
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
No reports received
Hail Reports
Time Size Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1649 175 RICKARDSVILLE DUBUQUE IA 4258 9088 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. (MLI)
1730 75 WINNEBAGO COUNTY WINNEBAGO IL 4231 8913 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. (CHI)
1903 100 FORRESTON OGLE IL 4211 8958 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. (CHI)
2006 75 DOWNERS GROVE IL 4179 8800 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
OCCURRED AT INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 88 AND FINLEY ROAD. (CHI)
2010 88 5 N ROCHELLE OGLE IL 4199 8906 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (CHI)
2025 75 SCHAUMBURG COOK IL 4188 8760 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (CHI)
2048 175 1 N MENOMONIE DUNN WI 4489 9191 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MSP)
2056 88 MARKHAM COOK IL 4159 8769 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. OCCURRED AT
INTERSECTION OF 159TH AND CRAWFORD ROAD. (CHI)
2109 75 PORTAGE LAKE IN 4158 8719 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (CHI)
2112 175 8 NNW EAU CLAIRE EAU CLAIRE WI 4471 9126 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.
(MSP)
2112 175 8 NNW EAU CLAIRE CHIPPEWA WI 4508 9126 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.
(MSP)
2112 175 8 NNW EAU CLAIRE DUNN WI 4494 9190 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MSP)
2114 100 20 NW LADYSMITH RUSK WI 4570 9143 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MSP)
2120 75 MILFORD KOSCIUSKO IN 4123 8586 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(FWA)
2125 100 DUBUQUE DUBUQUE IA 4249 9066 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2139 75 LAKE HALLIE CHIPPEWA WI 4488 9143 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MSP)
2140 125 1 N CUBA CITY GRANT WI 4261 9043 (LSE)
2140 75 BARNARD NODAWAY MO 4018 9481 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. (MCI)
2150 175 RICKARDSVILLE DUBUQUE IA 4258 9088 (MLI)
2155 75 ELLENBORO GRANT WI 4278 9061 DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGER. (LSE)
2201 175 SAVANNAH ANDREW MO 3993 9483 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
(MCI)
2205 100 3 S LADORA IOWA IA 4170 9218 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(MLI)
2210 175 WINONA WINONA MN 4404 9164 REPORTED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
(LSE)
2210 75 MONTEZUMA POWESHIEK IA 4158 9253 REPORTED BY MEDIA. (DSM)
2215 100 6 SE FOUNTAIN CITY TREMPEALEAU WI 4406 9161 QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ALONG HIGHWAY 35. (LSE)
2221 100 2 SSE NEWHALL BENTON IA 4195 9196 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2230 100 BELMONT LAFAYETTE WI 4273 9033 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
(MKE)
2230 75 SHERRILL DUBUQUE IA 4259 9078 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
(MLI)
2234 175 ETTRICK TREMPEALEAU WI 4416 9126 (LSE)
2235 100 SHULLSBURG LAFAYETTE WI 4256 9023 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
(MKE)
2235 75 1 S WARSAW KOSCIUSKO IN 4121 8583 REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
(FWA)
2235 75 2 N SPIRIT FALLS LINCOLN WI 4548 8998 (GRB)
2238 100 5 N BRADLEY ONEIDA WI 4561 8974 (GRB)
2241 275 5 S SAVANNAH ANDREW MO 3984 9483 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MCI)
2241 175 8 NW PRINCETON MERCER MO 4049 9370 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. (MCI)
2243 150 BENTON COUNTY BENTON IA 4216 9206 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2245 75 2 S ARCADIA TREMPEALEAU WI 4421 9150 REPORTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD G
AND HIGHWAY 93. (LSE)
2248 150 PRAIRIEBURG LINN IA 4223 9141 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2250 100 RHINELANDER ONEIDA WI 4563 8941 (GRB)
2250 75 GALLATIN DAVIESS MO 3991 9396 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(MCI)
2259 75 FAIRPORT DE KALB MO 3998 9434 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(MCI)
2305 100 MILLERSBURG IOWA IA 4156 9216 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(MLI)
2305 75 6 NW EL RENO CANADIAN OK 3560 9805 PUBLIC REPORT (OKC)
2305 75 CAMERON CLINTON MO 3975 9419 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (MCI)
2307 275 ST JOSEPH BUCHANAN MO 3976 9484 GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BROKEN OUT
WINDSHIELDS IN NORTHERN PART OF ST. JOSEPH. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MCI)
2315 100 CEDAR RAPIDS LINN IA 4200 9164 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2317 175 3 NE WILLIAMSTOWN JEFFERSON KS 3910 9528 (TOP)
2325 100 MADISON DANE WI 4306 8941 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. (MKE)
2325 100 CHELSEA TAMA IA 4191 9239 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (DSM)
2330 100 CLARKSDALE DE KALB MO 3981 9456 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MCI)
2330 88 NELMA FOREST WI 4601 8881 (GRB)
2330 75 LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KS 3896 9523 (TOP)
2330 75 5 E JAMESPORT DAVIESS MO 3996 9370 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
(MCI)
2330 75 4 NW BLACK RIVER FALLS JACKSON WI 4434 9099 REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF DEPT. (LSE)
2332 150 MONTICELLO GREEN WI 4273 8958 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(MKE)
2338 175 10 SW LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KS 3884 9538 (TOP)
2339 88 IRON RIVER IRON MI 4609 8864 NICKEL-SIZE HAIL (MQT)
2340 75 PEOSTA DUBUQUE IA 4245 9084 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2347 88 5 E WILLIAMSTOWN JEFFERSON KS 3906 9522 (TOP)
2350 88 1 N SPARTA MONROE WI 4394 9081 REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER (LSE)
2355 175 LEAVENWORTH LEAVENWORTH KS 3931 9491 REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY NWS
EMPLOYEE. (MCI)
2355 100 1 W LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KS 3896 9525 (TOP)
0000 75 4 N BUSHONG LYON KS 3871 9625 (TOP)
0005 175 WELLMAN WASHINGTON IA 4146 9183 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0005 75 4 W CENTROPOLIS FRANKLIN KS 3871 9543 (TOP)
0010 100 FREMONT MAHASKA IA 4121 9243 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (DSM)
0010 88 1 W JEFFERSON JEFFERSON WI 4299 8882 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MKE)
0013 175 CAMDEN PT PLATTE MO 3945 9474 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL ALSO REPORTED IN EDGERTON. (MCI)
0015 100 WILLIAMSBURG IOWA IA 4166 9200 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0016 100 EUDORA DOUGLAS KS 3894 9509 (TOP)
0025 175 1 E DE SOTO JOHNSON KS 3898 9494 70 MPH WIND. REPORTED BY (MCI)
0029 75 JUNEAU COUNTY JUNEAU WI 4393 9016 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATORS.
(LSE)
0035 100 KEARNEY CLAY MO 3936 9436 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. (MCI)
0035 75 ADMIRE LYON KS 3863 9609 (TOP)
0038 88 LUCERNE PUTNAM MO 4046 9328 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. (MCI)
0045 175 BALDWIN DOUGLAS KS 3876 9518 (TOP)
0045 88 6 N KNOXVILLE RAY MO 3955 9401 (MCI)
0045 75 LAWSON RAY MO 3943 9419 REPORTED BY FIRE AND RESCUE. (MCI)
0045 75 SAFFORDVILLE CHASE KS 3838 9639 REPORTED BY AGTAP OBSERVER (ICT)
0049 75 DURANT CEDAR IA 4159 9091 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0050 100 1 SW MAUSTON JUNEAU WI 4378 9009 REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
(LSE)
0050 88 WELLMAN WASHINGTON IA 4146 9183 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0105 175 BALDWIN DOUGLAS KS 3876 9518 ALSO GETTING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60
MPH. (TOP)
0114 175 LE LOUP FRANKLIN KS 3869 9514 (TOP)
0114 88 10 SW EMPORIA LYON KS 3828 9633 (TOP)
0125 75 3 E EMPORIA LYON KS 3839 9611 (TOP)
0129 250 CUMMINGSVILLE OLMSTED MN 4388 9226 REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTER (LSE)
0133 88 EDGERTON JOHNSON KS 3876 9500 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (MCI)
0140 75 5 N ROCHELLE OGLE IL 4199 8906 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(CHI)
0147 75 WALWORTH WALWORTH WI 4253 8859 SEVERAL TREES AND BRANCHES REPORTED
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MKE)
0149 125 2 N CHATFIELD OLMSTED MN 4403 9255 REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTER (LSE)
0150 100 NEOSHO RAPIDS LYON KS 3836 9598 (TOP)
0150 88 ROCK IS ROCK ISLAND IL 4149 9058 (MLI)
0152 100 1 S DOVER OLMSTED MN 4394 9214 REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTER (LSE)
0157 175 1 N ST CHARLES WINONA MN 4398 9208 REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTER (LSE)
0205 88 ROCK IS ROCK ISLAND IL 4149 9058 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0215 75 LEBO COFFEY KS 3841 9584 (TOP)
0220 175 4 N GRIDLEY COFFEY KS 3816 9588 (TOP)
0230 75 1 E STRASBURG CASS MO 3876 9414 AND 60 MPH WINDS. REPORTED BY
OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. (MCI)
0240 88 BURLINGTON COFFEY KS 3819 9574 (TOP)
0240 75 1 E WELDA ANDERSON KS 3816 9527 (TOP)
0250 75 DE KALB DEKALB IL 4193 8874 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (CHI)
0252 175 PITTSVILLE JOHNSON MO 3883 9400 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0300 80 GALVA HENRY IL 4116 9004 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0305 175 5 N CHILHOWEE JOHNSON MO 3866 9386 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0311 75 PLANO KENDALL IL 4166 8853 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. (CHI)
0342 100 2 S YATES CENTER WOODSON KS 3784 9573 REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER
(ICT)
0355 175 RUTLAND IL 4098 8904 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. AUTOMOBILES
DAMAGE. (CHI)
0401 75 6 W HUMBOLDT ALLEN KS 3781 9555 REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER (ICT)
0412 75 OSCEOLA MO 3804 9369 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SGF)
0425 75 WEAUBLEAU HICKORY MO 3790 9355 (SGF)
0434 75 HIATTVILLE BOURBON KS 3771 9488 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (SGF)
0515 100 LIBERAL BARTON MO 3756 9453 (SGF)
0520 200 KENTLAND NEWTON IN 4076 8743 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(CHI)
Wind Reports
Time Speed Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1559 UNK MT CARROLL CARROLL IL 4209 8998 TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SPC)
1649 UNK MT CARROLL CARROLL IL 4209 8998 TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SPC)
1825 UNK KALAMAZOO KALAMAZOO MI 4228 8556 DAMAGE TO A SHED AND A CARPORT
(GRR)
1830 UNK DELMAR CLINTON IA 4200 9061 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.
(MLI)
1838 UNK GRAND JUNCTION VAN BUREN MI 4240 8606 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
SEVERAL TREES DOWN (GRR)
1844 UNK KALAMAZOO KALAMAZOO MI 4228 8556 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LIMBS AND
WIRES DOWN (GRR)
1955 UNK SHIPSHEWANA LAGRANGE IN 4168 8558 TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. (FWA)
2015 UNK LAGRANGE LAGRANGE IN 4164 8541 TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. (FWA)
2045 UNK ANGOLA STEUBEN IN 4163 8500 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (FWA)
2050 UNK GRIFFITH LAKE IN 4153 8743 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. TWO TREES
DOWNED BLOCKING HIGHWAY 6 IN GRIFFITH. (CHI)
2102 UNK SYRACUSE KOSCIUSKO IN 4141 8574 LARGE LIMB DOWNED. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (FWA)
2109 UNK PORTAGE LAKE IN 4158 8719 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (CHI)
2205 UNK 3 W PLYMOUTH MARSHALL IN 4134 8638 SEVERAL TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (FWA)
2210 UNK DICKEYVILLE GRANT WI 4263 9059 LARGE TREES DOWN. (LSE)
2211 UNK WHITEWATER WALWORTH WI 4266 8853 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. TREES DOWN. (MKE)
2225 UNK MARSHALL COUNTY MARSHALL IN 4131 8625 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (FWA)
2235 UNK BURKBURNETT WICHITA TX 3409 9856 WINDOW DAMAGE TO 6 TRAILER HOMES.
ROOF OFF ONE BRICK DWELLING. SMALL OUT BUILDIN DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES AND
LINES DAMAGED ON NW PART OF OCCURRED FROM 1725-1735. (OKC)
2235 UNK 5 NE SHULLSBURG LAFAYETTE WI 4262 9015 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. TREES DOWN BETWEEN SHULLSBERG AND DARLINGTON. (MKE)
2240 UNK BRADLEY LINCOLN WI 4553 8974 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN (GRB)
2250 UNK RHINELANDER ONEIDA WI 4563 8941 TREES DOWN (GRB)
2310 UNK WABASH WABASH IN 4079 8581 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (FWA)
2310 UNK THREE LAKES ONEIDA WI 4579 8916 TREES DOWN (GRB)
2315 UNK BROWNTOWN GREEN WI 4258 8981 REPORTED BY FIRE AND RESCUE. TREE
LIMBS DOWN. (MKE)
2320 UNK COLUMBIA CITY WHITLEY IN 4116 8548 TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (FWA)
2325 UNK 6 NE TRENTON GRUNDY MO 4015 9352 TREES DOWN AT ROUTE Y AND O.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (MCI)
2330 UNK WABASH COUNTY WABASH IN 4081 8576 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (FWA)
2330 UNK HUNTINGTON HUNTINGTON IN 4088 8548 1 TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (FWA)
2330 UNK 1 S ALVIN FOREST WI 4579 8883 TREES DOWN HWYS 70 AND 55 (GRB)
2335 UNK LONG LAKE FLORENCE WI 4586 8838 SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED/ SNAPPED OFF
(GRB)
2340 UNK DURANGO DUBUQUE IA 4256 9078 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2340 UNK CHILLICOTHE LIVINGSTON MO 3979 9355 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR. (MCI)
2340 UNK CRANDON FOREST WI 4556 8890 TREES DOWN (GRB)
2350 UNK FT WAYNE ALLEN IN 4106 8513 LARGE LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. (FWA)
2355 UNK WYOMING JONES IA 4206 9100 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
2208 60 DICKEYVILLE GRANT WI 4263 9059 REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. (LSE)
2255 80 6 S RANDLETT COTTON OK 3408 9846 PUBLIC REPORT. LARGE TREES DAMAGED.
(OKC)
2258 60 12 SW EL RENO CANADIAN OK 3539 9814 PUBLIC REPORT. (OKC)
2310 60 COLUMBIA CITY WHITLEY IN 4116 8548 REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY NWS
EMPLOYEE. (FWA)
2312 70 HAMILTON CALDWELL MO 3973 9400 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(MCI)
2355 60 OXFORD JCT JONES IA 4198 9096 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0015 UNK DELMAR CLINTON IA 4200 9061 DOWN, REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0015 UNK MARINETTE COUNTY MARINETTE WI 4540 8808 TREES DOWN (GRB)
0018 UNK GREEN CITY SULLIVAN MO 4026 9294 TREES DOWN. (MCI)
0021 UNK ZENOBIA SANGAMON IL 3975 8964 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0030 UNK EPWORTH DUBUQUE IA 4245 9093 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0030 UNK 4 N LACLEDE LINN MO 3984 9316 3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0035 UNK 10 W MIDDLE INLET MARINETTE WI 4529 8823 TREES DOWN (GRB)
0040 UNK MONROE GREEN WI 4259 8963 SEVERAL TREES AND BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MKE)
0041 UNK 9 NW SHANNON CLAY TX 3357 9839 PUBLIC REPORT OF ROOF DAMAGE AND
PORCH BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE. (OKC)
0045 UNK DOWNING SCHUYLER MO 4048 9236 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0048 UNK MIDDLE INLET MARINETTE WI 4529 8800 TREES DOWN (GRB)
0050 UNK MT CARROLL CARROLL IL 4209 8998 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH. (MLI)
0050 UNK RICHMOND RAY MO 3928 9398 TREES DOWN ALL OVER TOWN BLOCKING ROADS.
MANY TRANSFORMERS BLOWN AND ROOF BLOWN OFF HIGH SCHOOL. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0105 UNK MONROE GREEN WI 4259 8963 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
SEVERAL TREES AND BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN. (MKE)
0124 UNK POLO OGLE IL 4198 8958 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (CHI)
0134 UNK EGG HARBOR DOOR WI 4504 8728 TREE AND POWER LINE DOWN (GRB)
0135 UNK FULTON WHITESIDE IL 4186 9016 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0140 UNK 2 W HILLSDALE MIAMI KS 3866 9489 NUMEROUS TREES/POWERLINES DOWN.
(MCI)
0145 UNK OREGON OGLE IL 4201 8933 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(CHI)
0150 UNK BETTENDORF SCOTT IA 4153 9051 REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
(MLI)
0153 UNK MONROE GREEN WI 4259 8963 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
SEVERAL TREES AND BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN. (MKE)
0154 UNK BELVIDERE BOONE IL 4225 8884 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE. (CHI)
0155 UNK FULTON WHITESIDE IL 4186 9016 LARGE TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0200 UNK QUINCY ADAMS IL 3993 9139 TREES LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY ADAMS
COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0203 UNK HALLSVILLE BOONE MO 3911 9223 ROOF OFF BUILDING AND LIMB ON CAR.
REPORTED BY BOONE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0205 UNK WELLSVILLE FRANKLIN KS 3871 9508 BARN LIFTED OFF FOUNDATION (TOP)
0210 UNK GENESEO HENRY IL 4145 9014 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. LARGE TREE DOWN
(MLI)
0213 UNK WAUKESHA WAUKESHA WI 4301 8821 REPORTED BY PUBLIC. SEVERAL TREES
AND BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN. (MKE)
0215 UNK MARENGO MCHENRY IL 4225 8859 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THREE TO FOUR INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWNED. (CHI)
0215 UNK KIRKLAND DEKALB IL 4208 8884 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE. (CHI)
0215 UNK MEXICO AUDRAIN MO 3918 9190 POWER LINE DOWNED. REPORTED BY AUDRAIN
COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0220 UNK OQUAWKA HENDERSON IL 4093 9094 TREES DOWN (MLI)
0230 UNK DES MOINES COUNTY DES MOINES IA 4093 9118 SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN,
AND POWER LINES. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0236 UNK 4 E HAMILTON CALDWELL MO 3973 9391 LARGE TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAYS B AND 36. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0240 UNK BUSHNELL MCDONOUGH IL 4054 9050 PERMANENT BARRICADES KNOCKED DOWN.
50 MPH GUSTS. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MLI)
0240 UNK HENDERSON KNOX IL 4101 9034 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. FROM ESDA.
(SPI)
0245 UNK 2 W RUSHVILLE SCHUYLER IL 4011 9061 6 TO 7 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
OVER AIRPORT ROAD. FROM ESDA (SPI)
0245 UNK BARRY PIKE IL 3968 9104 POWER LINE DOWNED. REPORTED BY PIKE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0249 UNK MT STERLING BROWN IL 3998 9076 TREES DOWNED ON ROUTE 107. REPORTED
BY BROWN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0255 UNK ABINGDON KNOX IL 4079 9039 TREES DOWN. FROM ESDA. (SPI)
0300 UNK BOWLING GREEN PIKE MO 3934 9119 TREES DOWNED ON CAR. REPORTED BY
PIKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0305 UNK 9 NE ASTORIA FULTON IL 4033 9021 STOP SIGN POLE BENT OVER 45
DEGREES. FROM ESDA. (SPI)
0314 UNK WELLSVILLE MONTGOMERY MO 3908 9158 POWER LINE DOWNED. REPORTED BY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0320 UNK CLINTON HENRY MO 3838 9376 TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0325 UNK MARSEILLES IL 4133 8871 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (CHI)
0329 UNK MILLERSBURG CALLAWAY MO 3890 9213 TREES DOWNED ON ROUTE J. REPORTED
BY CALLAWAY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0330 UNK BUREAU BUREAU IL 4128 8936 LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN. WINDS 55 TO 60
MPH. REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0330 UNK TONICA IL 4121 8906 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (CHI)
0330 UNK 11 W FT SCOTT BOURBON KS 3783 9493 POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN. ROOF
BLOW OFF HOUSE TRAILER. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SGF)
0335 UNK MAZON GRUNDY IL 4123 8843 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. (CHI)
0336 UNK SCOTTVILLE MASON MI 4394 8628 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES BLOWN
DOWN (GRR)
0345 UNK ELMWOOD PEORIA IL 4078 8996 CORN FIELD DAMAGED. FROM ESDA. (SPI)
0400 UNK SAN JOSE LOGAN IL 4015 8933 2 TO 3 INCH LIMBS DOWN INTO POWER
LINES. FROM ESDA. (SPI)
0405 UNK ROODHOUSE GREENE IL 3948 9036 POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
ROODHOUSE POLICE. (STL)
0409 UNK WHEATLAND HICKORY MO 3794 9341 POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SGF)
0417 UNK CHEBANSE IROQUOIS IL 4100 8791 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. SEMI
BLOWN OVER AND OFF ROAD ON INTERSTATE 57. (CHI)
0420 UNK LINCOLN LOGAN IL 4015 8936 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN ON POWER
LINES. FROM ESDA. (SPI)
0422 UNK CHESTERFIELD ST LOUIS MO 3866 9056 TREE DOWN ON WILDHORSE CREEK
ROAD. REPORTED BY ST LOUIS COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0425 UNK KANKAKEE KANKAKEE IL 4111 8784 REPORTED BY KANKAKEE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. TREES DOWN. (CHI)
0427 UNK ST CHARLES COUNTY ST CHARLES MO 3876 9058 POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWNED. REPORTED BY ST. CHARLES FIRE DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0435 UNK JENNINGS ST LOUIS MO 3873 9026 POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY ST
LOUIS COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0443 UNK GODFREY MADISON IL 3894 9018 POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0445 UNK ARMA CRAWFORD KS 3753 9469 POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. (SGF)
0448 UNK MADISON MADISON IL 3868 9014 STREET SIGN DAMAGED. REPORTED BY ST.
CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0448 UNK AFFTON ST LOUIS MO 3854 9033 POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY ST.
LOUIS COUNTY POLICE. (STL)
0448 UNK CEDAR HILL JEFFERSON MO 3834 9063 TREE DOWNED ON ROAD. REPORTED BY
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0455 UNK 7 S BUFFALO DALLAS MO 3753 9309 TREES BLOWN DOWN (SGF)
0455 UNK GREENFIELD DADE MO 3741 9384 LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SGF)
0508 UNK LEBANON LACLEDE MO 3768 9266 TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR. (SGF)
0510 UNK IMPERIAL JEFFERSON MO 3836 9038 TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 61/67 NEAR
WINDSOR HIGH SCHOOL. REPORTED BY JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0510 UNK HILLSBORO JEFFERSON MO 3823 9056 POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. (STL)
0513 UNK SACVILLE GREENE MO 3740 9343 TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SGF)
0030 61 CARROLLTON CARROLL MO 3936 9350 REPORTED BY FIRE AND RESCUE. (MCI)
0045 60 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE KS 3911 9466 51ST AND GIBBS. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0047 60 4 N OVERBROOK OSAGE KS 3884 9555 (TOP)
0050 68 KANSAS CITY JACKSON MO 3908 9456 REPORTED BY MEDIA. (MCI)
0105 60 3 NE EMPORIA LYON KS 3843 9613 (TOP)
0110 75 HIGGINSVILLE LAFAYETTE MO 3908 9373 REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER. (MCI)
0114 60 LE LOUP FRANKLIN KS 3869 9514 (TOP)
0120 60 EDGERTON JOHNSON KS 3876 9500 REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
(MCI)
0125 60 3 E EMPORIA LYON KS 3839 9611 (TOP)
0130 72 DAVENPORT SCOTT IA 4153 9058 REPORTED BY MEDIA. (MLI)
0135 60 MACON MACON MO 3973 9248 REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (MCI)
0225 70 CAMBRIDGE HENRY IL 4129 9019 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. (MLI)
0227 60 ALGONQUIN KANE IL 4191 8836 REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (CHI)
0229 59 LONE JACK JACKSON MO 3886 9418 MEASURED PLUS NICKLE SIZED HAIL.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (MCI)
0230 63 5 W WAUKEGAN LAKE IL 4236 8794 REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
(CHI)
0300 60 GALVA HENRY IL 4116 9004 REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER. .75 INCH HAIL,
(MLI)
0310 60 WYOMING STARK IL 4106 8976 FROM NWS COOP OBSERVER. (SPI)
0356 61 6 N DELAVAN TAZEWELL IL 4046 8955 FROM ESDA. (SPI)
0410 60 1 S MACKINAW TAZEWELL IL 4051 8934 FROM NWS COOP OBSERVER. (SPI)
0418 60 NEW ALBANY WILSON KS 3756 9593 REPORTED BY AGTAP SPOTTER (ICT)
0458 60 BOLIVAR POLK MO 3761 9341 TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. (SGF)
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Hail Sizes in 1/100 of an Inch (75 = 0.75")
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=> President Clinton Names Elwood (Elgie) Holstein, Jr., As Assistant
Secretary For Oceans And Atmosphere At The Department Of Commerce
The President today announced his intent to nominate Elwood (Elgie)
Holstein, Jr., for the position of Assistant Secretary for Oceans and
Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for
the Department of Commerce.
Mr. Holstein, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, currently serves as a
Senior Advisor for NOAA issues to the Secretary of Commerce Norman
Mineta. Mr. Holstein has extensive knowledge in the areas of natural
resources and the environment. Prior to joining the Department of
Commerce, he was the Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy
and Science in the White House Office of Management and Budget. He also
served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Energy. During the
first term of the Clinton Administration, he was a Special Assistant to
the President for Economic Policy at the White House National Economic
Council, where he was responsible for energy and environmental issues.
Before joining the Clinton Administration, Mr. Holstein served as a
consultant to local governments on natural resource issues. He served
as Director of State-Federal Relations for the energy and environmental
programs of the National Conference of State Legislatures, worked as a
congressional aide, and served as executive director of a national,
non-profit organization focused on consumer financial education.
NOAA's mission is to describe and predict changes in the Earth's
environment, conserve and manage wisely the nation's coastal and marine
resources to ensure sustainable economic opportunities. Mr. Holstein
will serve at NOAA, overseeing its five agencies: National Weather
Service; National Marine Fisheries Service; National Ocean Service;
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; and
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.
=> Prescribed Fire: Will It Work?
SEPTEMBER 10 -- DENVER, CO: President Clinton has pledged support for an
additional $1.6 billion for fire funding, much of which will be targeted at
fuels management to reduce the risk of catastrophic fires. But how effective
will it be?
Clinton last Friday received a report from Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt
and Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman: Managing the Impact of Wildfires on
Communities and the Environment. It notes that in the last seven years, the
Forest Service and the BLM have increased the number of acres treated for
fuels reduction from under 500,000 acres in 1994 to more than 2.4 million
acres this year. The report notes that the Clinton Administration's wildland
fire policy does not rely on commercial logging or new road building to
reduce fire risks. "The removal of large merchantable trees from forests
does not reduce fire risk and may, in fact, increase such risk. Fire
ecologists note that large trees are insurance for the future - they are
critical to ecosystem resilience."
In Colorado, the Upper South Platte project is an ambitious five-year effort
to transform Denver's major watershed from a tinderbox into a healthy
forest. Today's Denver Post reports that since the mid-1980s, between 4000
and 5000 acres of the watershed have been treated with thinning and
prescribed fire. Fred Patten of the Forest Service explains that this year's
Hi Meadow Fire on the Pike National Forest grew to nearly 11,000 acres
between June 12 and June 21. But when it reached a prescribed-fire project
area along the Skipper Trail, it dropped out of the crowns of ponderosa pine
and crept through the duff.
"This is what we'd like to get to," Patten said. "This is a much more
manageable fire situation." He says the greener side of the Skipper Trail
looks much like it did before Europeans arrived and disrupted the natural
fire regime: big pine trees tower over a thick carpet of grasses -- like a
park. This stand was part of a prescribed fire project earlier this year.
First it was thinned, then it was burned. Now, just three months after the
fire, bearberry, Oregon grape, and native grasses grow beneath the scorched
trunks of the big trees. The birds are back, along with the deer and elk.
"This is close to what we're looking for on the South Platte," said Randy
Hickenbottom, ranger for the South Platte District. "There's some fire
scorching, but 90 percent of the trees will survive."
He explains that some of the areas were burned with prescribed fire, some
areas were thinned, and some got a little of both. But he says none of the
stands held up as well as those that were thinned first, then burned with a
prescribed fire. Not far away, in an area that was not thinned, a firefront
with 100-foot flames roared through. Every tree is a charcoal post. The fire
incinerated almost all the organic matter in the soil, and rains have
exposed areas of bare mineral soil.
An August wildfire in South Dakota's Black Hills provides another example.
The 82,000-acre Jasper Fire was not only the largest fire in the history of
the Black Hills, it also displayed the most severe fire behavior in the
history of the area. In one area the fire was crowning and made a fierce run
into a section of Jewel Cave National Monument where a prescribed fire was
done earlier. Erratic winds, high temperatures, low humidity, and extremely
dry fuels combined to produce explosive fire behavior. Fuels had been
reduced around the visitor center and housing area, though, and when the
crown fire hit the prescribed burn area, it dropped down from the trees.
Crews were able to remain in the area because of the defensible space and
barriers created by the previous prescribed fire. None of the Park's major
structures burned.
Firefighters on Idaho's Clear Creek Fire in July saw the same thing happen
on the Salmon-Challis National Forest. Breck Hudson, fuels manager for the
north zone of the Salmon-Challis, said that parts of the fire just stopped
completely when the blaze hit the Hot Springs area where prescribed burning
had been used.
"On the day the fire took off," he says, "it made a 14-mile run. It grew
from 600 acres to 22,000 acres in about eight hours. I mean, it burned."
Hudson says the fire took off up Panther Creek, jumped across the creek, and
then burned back down Panther Creek. "When it came across the creek," he
says, "it spread in three different directions. It went up the Beaver Creek
drainage and the Hot Springs drainage." He says the head of the fire was
about a mile wide, and it was crowning in moderate to heavy ponderosa
timber, till it ran into areas that had been treated with prescribed fire.
"In some places it came down out of the crowns and stayed down," says
Hudson. "In other places it just stopped completely." He says the fuel
models were the same in both areas; the only difference was the fuels
reduction because of the prescribed fire. "The fire hit those areas and it
was just too green. It burned right up to the line and stopped."
Fuels were reduced in the area by prescribed fire in both 1998 and 1999.
Hudson says the first burn covered about 800 acres, and objectives included
reducing the stand area and fuel loading, and reducing the risk of a
stand-replacing fire. Their target was to burn 30 percent of the trees that
were 12-inch diameter and smaller. "You want to take those out, and you
increase that percentage as your diameters get smaller," he explains. "With
trees at about 6-inch diameter, you want to burn about 100 percent of them."
He says the burning they did last year is still a green area today.
=> Hanford Review Clears Firefighters
SEPTEMBER 11 -- YAKIMA, WA: An interagency incident management team and the
Hanford Fire Department did not sacrifice aggressive firefighting in favor
of protecting ecologically sensitive land, according to a draft report
released last week. The Oregonian reported today that U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings
(R-Wash.) and others have speculated since the June fire on the Hanford
Nuclear Reservation that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's
"light-on-the-land" policy may have delayed or hampered firefighting efforts
on Hanford's Arid Lands Ecology Reserve. The 164,000-acre fire started there
after a car crash on Highway 24, and an interagency team was asked by FWS to
investigate the management of the fire. Their review of firefighting tactics
found that the incident commander determined that attacking the fire quickly
was more important than protecting the land.
"He used his discretion to send the crews directly onto the Arid Lands
Ecology area in an attempt to cut off the fire before it could spread," the
draft report says. The team report also commends initial attack efforts by
the Hanford Fire Department. The final report on the fire has been delayed
because team members have been busy with the fire season, but the draft of
the review also found that the fire management plan for the reserve may not
meet federal standards, and that local fire districts were uncertain about
the meaning of the light-on-the-land policy.
=> Salmon-Challis Fires Approach Containment
SEPTEMBER 11 -- SALMON, IDAHO: The Clear Creek Complex, which includes the
Clear Creek and Marlin Springs fires, is now 83 percent contained at 206,379
acres. Burning west of Salmon, the complex still has more than 1500 people
on it, along with 13 helicopters, seven dozers, and 23 engines. Firefighters
continued with mop-up yesterday, and significant fireline rehab is also
under way. Hotshot crews and several Marine companies are working on the
Marlin Springs Fire. The fire near Dome Lake on the northwestern perimeter
of the Clear Creek Fire is nearing containment. There was less fire activity
yesterday because of rain and snow in the higher elevations.
The 182,600-acre Salmon-Challis Wilderness Complex in the Frank Church-River
of No Return Wilderness has shown little fire activity in most areas, but
active burning has been observed recently west of Middle Fork Peak and along
the Stoddard Trail west of the confluence of the Salmon and the Middle Fork
rivers. Crews have cleared 21 miles of trail in Camas Creek, along the
Middle Fork between Mormon Ranch and Camas Creek, and in the Pistol
Creek/Indian Creek/Little Creek corridor of the Middle Fork. Yesterday,
Adams's Type II team turned management of the Wilderness Complex back to the
Salmon-Challis National Forest. The incident summary compiled by the team
indicates that 249 miles of wilderness trails were damaged in the fires, and
167 miles are rated as extremely damaged. It will cost about $45,000 per
mile to repair these trails.
Sportsmen are reminded that in Hunting Unit 28, BLM and national forest
lands, roads, and trails remain closed because of ongoing fire suppression
efforts. In the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, all lands,
trails, and airstrips are open except for the portion of the wilderness
lying in Hunting Unit 28. The Salmon River and the Middle Fork of the Salmon
are open. Morgan Creek Road (FS-055) is open to Morgan Creek Summit. Fires
are still active in some areas; daytime temperatures are predicted to rise,
so vegetation will start to dry. Fires can rekindle in these conditions, and
the Salmon-Challis National Forest urges forest users to be cautious.
The Small Business Administration will open a temporary field office in the
Salmon city office building tomorrow, September 12. Any local business is
eligible to apply for a working capital loan for economic injury.
=> HHS Announces Increase In Organ Donations And New Tool To Support And
Empower Families Making Donation Decisions
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Association of
Organ
Procurement Organizations (AOPO) today announced that the number of organ
donors increased nearly 4 percent during the first half of 2000 compared to
the first six months of 1999. This increase is similar to the positive trend
reported for the first five months of the year by the United Network for
Organ
Sharing (UNOS), the HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration's
(HRSA)
contractor for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the
Scientific Registry of Transplants Recipients.
"Our efforts to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation
appear
to be paying off, but with 71,000 people on the transplant waiting list, we
still have a long way to go," said HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala.
"Transplantation is an effective treatment for many people, but each
transplant starts with someone's decision to become an organ donor. I urge
everyone to make that decision today, and share it with your family."
After rising 6 percent in 1998 -- the first substantial increase since
1995 --
organ donation remained essentially flat in 1999. AOPO's organ donor data
were generated from the 59 federally designated organ procurement
organizations (OPOs) nationwide. For the first six months of 2000, the
number
of donors was 2,978, up from 2,875 in 1999 in the same time period.
"My colleagues and I welcome this increase," said AOPO President Susan
Gunderson.
"And, we pledge to vigorously continue our efforts to broaden public
awareness
of and support for organ donation."
HHS today also released, Roles and Training in the Donation Process: A
Resource Guide, a tool to help the transplant community, hospitals and OPOs
implement a 1998 rule issued by HHS' Health Care Financing Administration to
promote the best practices in organ donation. The rule requires hospitals to
refer all deaths to OPOs and provide specialized training for hospital staff
who talk with grieving families about donation. Working with donor families,
the transplant community, health care professionals, and bereavement and
pastoral care specialists, HHS developed this guide to help train hospital
staff and others to talk sensitively with families about organ donation.
Funded by HRSA and co-sponsored by HCFA, the guide will be distributed to
hospitals and OPOs nationwide.
The guide emphasizes the importance of total hospital-based bereavement care
for all families facing the loss of a loved one. It also highlights the
pivotal role of hospitals in donation and encourages flexibility in
implementation of the HCFA rule, taking into consideration the competencies
and training needs of hospital staff.
To further enhance the rule's impact, HRSA and HCFA recently co-sponsored
two
national technical assistance workshops to highlight effective
donation-enhancing strategies developed jointly by OPOs and hospitals.
In December 1997, Vice President Al Gore and HHS Secretary Shalala launched
the National Organ and Tissue Donation Initiative. In addition to the HCFA
rule and related activities, the initiative has brought together dozens of
public and private organizations to encourage donation. These education
efforts emphasize the need to inform family and others of one's decision to
be
a donor. In 1999, HRSA awarded grants to 18 projects to test innovative
strategies for increasing donation.
For a copy of Roles and Training in the Donation Process: A Resource Guide
or
more information about the National Organ and Tissue Donation Initiative,
visit the HHS organ donation Web site, www.organdonor.gov. For more
information on HHS donor referral guidelines, visit the HCFA Quality of Care
Web site at http://www.hcfa.gov/quality/4a.htm.
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