The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For December 2, 2000
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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=> Article DOT Announces Rule To Enhance Pipeline Safety
=> Article U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Celebrates Awards to DOT
for
Leadership in Technology
=> Article Volcano Watch - November 30, 2000 -- Geodetic monitoring of the
submarine
south flank of Kilauea Volcano
=> Article RADIUS (Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas
Against
Seismic Disaster) Project
=> Article USFS Fire News Piņon-Juniper Interface Studied in New Mexico
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
High Fri...82 At Brownsville...Harlingen...And Mcallen TX
Low Sat...13 Below Zero At West Yellowstone MT
=> Special Notes
4.8 Mag. --- 16 miles W of Truckee, CA
12/02/2000 07:34:16 AM PST
See today's earthquake report
The high probability of heavy snow fall area is over central north North
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Active Warnings:
Updated Sat Dec 2 11:23:19 2000
Non Precipitation
Montana
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR FORT PECK LAKE TODAY...
Winter Storm
Alabama
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR
JACKSON...DEKALB...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
Georgia
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...
Illinois
A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...FAR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND EAST OF
THE LAKES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT.
Indiana
Kentucky
FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...
SNOW ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
North Carolina
WINTER STORM FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...
FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
South Carolina
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...
Tennessee
SNOW ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT
ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...UP TO 6 INCHES...IN THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
Virginia
WINTER STORM FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...
4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN NEW RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
=> 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 less than a 5% probability of hail 3/4 inch or larger.
Wind Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots.
Tomorrow's Risk -
There is less than a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow.
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or
Significant
Icing Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
The 24 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 1 inch of rainfall
over North Carolinia's Outer
Banks
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 1 inch of
rainfall over southeast Virginia
and northeast North Carolina.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood values.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
>From noon to midnight today EST the probability of heavy snow is low over
central to south
southeast Kentucky, the north northeast 3/5 of Tennessee, North Carolina
except the southeast
area, far north South Carolina, and far northeast Georgia.
The moderate probability area is over central south Kentucky, central north
Tennessee and central
North Carolina.
The probability of significant icing is less than 20 percent.
>From midnight to noon tomorrow EST the probability of heavy snow is low over
far south southeast
Kentucky, the eastern 1/3 of Tennessee, northeast Georgia, northern South
Carolina, the southern
2/3 of Virginia and North Carolina except the far southeastern area.
The moderate probability area is over far southeast Tennessee, far south
southeast Virginia, the north
northwest 2/3 of North Carolina, far northeast Georgia, far northwest South
Carolina,
The high probability area is over central north North Carolina
The probability of significant icing is over central north South Carolina,
and central south North
Carolina.
=> USA Flood Report
The United States Flood Summary is not available.
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2000 - 1000 MST
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL I
CURRENT SITUATION:
One new large fire was reported in the Southern Area for the week. Initial
attack activity was light in
most Geographical Areas with the Southern and Eastern Areas reporting the
most. No units are
currently reporting very high or extreme fire danger levels.
OUTLOOK:
Another low pressure system will move onshore in the Pacific Northwest
today. Rain and snow
should continue throughout the day as it progresses eastward. The remainder
of the West should be
clear to partly cloudy with temperatures ranging from 36 degrees in Jackson,
WY to 82 degrees in
Yuma, AZ.
The Midwest should see snow showers from South Dakota to northern Texas.
Northern Minnesota
will see clearing skies while Illinois, Indiana and Ohio can expect more
snow showers. Daytime high
temperatures will range from 24 degrees in Bismarck, ND to 72 degrees in
Brownsville, TX.
The South will see sunny skies changing to partly cloudy in the afternoon as
the storm system from
the Midwest approaches. Expect slightly cooler temperatures and scattered
rain showers with high
temperatures from 47 degrees in Nashville, TN to near 80 degrees across
southern Florida.
Snow over the Northeast should be ending by early afternoon as high pressure
is expected to move
into the area. Most of the northeast will experience mostly cloudy skies and
cooler temperatures.
=> 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 DEC 02 at 00:15 UTC
EARTHQUAKES IN NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
(40.3 TO 50.0 N, 102.0 TO 125.0 W)
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2000 DEC 1 12:16:02.82 43.2 N 110.7 W 5 km 3.2
20 miles S of Jackson, Wyoming
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2000 DEC 1 03:15:00.74 51.4 N 177.6 E 33 km 4.6
215 miles ESE of Attu, Alaska
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT
Rapid Earthquake Location Service
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Version 2: Updates lower and earlier versions of this earthquake report
A LIGHT EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 07:34 AM PST Saturday, Dec 02, 2000.
THE MAGNITUDE 4.8 (ML) EVENT IS LOCATED 16 MILES W OF TRUCKEE, CA
THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS 1.3 MILES.
This event has been reviewed by Steve Walter - USGS.
PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
_______________________________
Magnitude : 4.84 ML
Event Date & Time : 12/02/2000 07:34:16 AM PST
12/02/2000 15:34:16 UTC
Location : 39.3622 N, 120.4700 W
: (39 deg. 21.73 min. N, 120 deg. 28.20 min. W)
Depth : 2.2 km. deep ( 1.3 miles)
Location Quality : Fair
25 km ( 16 miles) W (279 degrees) of Truckee, CA
40 km ( 25 miles) SSW (210 degrees) of Loyalton, CA
41 km ( 25 miles) WNW (290 degrees) of Kings Beach, CA
48 km ( 30 miles) ENE ( 76 degrees) of Nevada City, CA
48 km ( 30 miles) NE ( 38 degrees) of Foresthill, CA
53 km ( 33 miles) ENE ( 72 degrees) of Grass Valley, CA
ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
________________________________
number of phases : 238
rms misfit : 0.28 seconds
horizontal location error : 0.3 km
vertical location error : 0.4 km
maximum azimuthal gap : 139 degrees
distance to nearest station : 23. km
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
No reports received
Hail Reports
No reports received
Wind Reports
No reports received
Fields marked UNK are unknown
All Times UTC
Wind Gusts in MPH
Hail Sizes in 1/100 of an Inch (75 = 0.75")
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=> DOT Announces Rule To Enhance Pipeline Safety
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a
notice of proposed rulemaking that will provide for better corrosion
prevention, control, and detection in hazardous liquid pipelines.
Corrosion is the second leading cause of hazardous liquid pipeline
accidents that threaten people and the environment.
"Safety is President Clinton and Vice President Gore's highest
transportation priority, and strengthening oversight of our nation's
pipeline system is an important priority for this Administration,"
Secretary Slater said. "As our nation continues to depend more and more
on petroleum products, we must employ all reasonable means to ensure that
the people and environments near pipelines are better protected."
The notice of proposed rulemaking focuses on several important measures to
better protect against
corrosion, such as:
* establishing clear criteria for measuring how well the pipeline is
cathodically protected, a method of
electrically protecting steel pipelines from corrosion;
* requiring the supervisors of corrosion control programs to be highly
technically qualified;
* clarifying how operators must inspect pipe that is not cathodically
protected for signs of corrosion;
* amending the current safety standard to require that when operators
investigate exposed pipelines
they also inspect the condition of the coating; and
* allowing for inspection of bare pipe by non-electrical means where
electrical surveys are
impractical.
"This new proposal will enhance pipeline corrosion protection
nationally, reducing risk to people and the environment" said Research and
Special Programs Administrator Kelley S. Coyner. "Further, this approach
allows innovation in development of new technologies to detect corrosion."
Pipelines transport 60 percent of the crude oil and petroleum
products that fuel industries, homes and the economy. The mission of the
Research and Special Programs Administration, an agency of the U.S.
Department of Transportation, is to ensure the safe, reliable, and
environmentally sound operation of the nation's pipeline transportation
system.
=> U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Celebrates Awards to DOT for
Leadership in
Technology
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today applauded U.S.
Department of Transportation employees for their proactive initiative in
applying user-friendly information technology and the award of prestigious
2000 Government Technology Leadership Awards for their efforts.
The department's Do-It-Yourself Website (DIY) and the Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA) Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) have been
selected as recipients of this award by the Government Technology
Leadership Institute.
"President Clinton and Vice President Gore want the Internet to flourish
so that all Americans can enjoy its benefits and opportunities," Secretary
Slater said. "Our Do-It-Yourself website advances that goal by enabling
people and businesses to save time and money by doing business on our
website.
The Institute's awards salute projects that have directly aided the
missions of government agencies by boosting efficiency and effectiveness,
lowering costs, or improving service to the public through original uses
of technology. DIY and ADDS were selected from among more than 60
projects nominated by federal agencies.
"These awards recognize the department's efforts to make services more
accessible to the public,' said Peter (Jack) Basso, Transportation's
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs. "Customers can now work with
us at their convenience."
DIY allows USDOT customers to provide electronic payments to the
department by using their credit cards. This enables a broad range of
transactions on-line. Among the functions covered by these payments are
professional certification/licensing; sales of information through compact
disks, publications and videos; course registration and training; industry
specific assessments; and fines and other civil penalties.
Through DIY many of the vulnerabilities associated with paper processes
are eliminated. Checks and forms are not lost or misplaced, and the
department can transfer information to all its program systems
electronically, saving time and money.
ADDS is a user-friendly source of getting weather forecast
information via the Internet. ADDS is used by airlines, dispatchers and
the general aviation community. ADDS enhances the safety and efficiency
of the National Airspace System by increasing shared situational awareness
among aviation decision makers through accurate and timely weather
information in custom graphical color displays. This source of weather
forecast information is a collaborative effort between the FAA and the
National Weather Service. Users can access this website at
http://adds.awc-kc.noaa.gov/
The awards are backed by Government Executive Magazine, George Washington
University, the CIO Institute and other sponsors of the Government
Technology Leadership Institute. The awards ceremony was part of the
Institute's two-day post-graduate program that brings together 200 senior
federal managers to learn about the effective use of technology in agency
programs. Profiles of each of the award winners are in December's
Government Executive.
Government Executive
(http://www.govexec.com/features/1100/egov/egovmore.htm) recently
highlighted the program improvements achieved through DIY in one of its
electronic publications. DOT cut the time required to request and receive
a hazardous waste registration number from four weeks to 20 minutes.
Weeks were also shaved from the period of time necessary to process and
issue motor carrier authorities.
In addition to the DIY site which deals primarily with USDOT forms
requiring payments, the department has also established a site
(http://www.fastforms.dot.gov) where citizens and business can obtain
every form required by DOT program offices.
For more information about the DIY site and electronic commerce at DOT,
visit the DIY information page at: http://diy.dot.gov/info
=> Volcano Watch - November 30, 2000 -- Geodetic monitoring of the
submarine south
flank of Kilauea Volcano
Last week we wrote about the large Kalapana earthquake of 1975. In
the article we discussed the importance of repeated geodetic observations
that monitored the accumulation of strain before the earthquake and allowed
HVO researchers to forecast the event. Geodetic observations after the
earthquake established the amount of surface displacements caused by the
earthquake. All of the measurements were made at subaerial or land-based
stations, and no measurements were made on the submarine flank of the
volcano. The mystery of what happens beneath the water will soon be
solved.
For the past three weeks, researchers from the University of
California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) have been
deploying and measuring an array of 10 transponders on the submarine
section of the Hilina fault system. The measurements employ an acoustical
technique that was first used to measure seafloor spreading across the Juan
de Fuca ridge off the coast of Oregon. The precision of the technique is
about 1 cm (.4 in).
The changing locations of the ship, the RV Revelle, down to the pitch
and roll of its deck, are determined by three onboard GPS receivers
collecting data every second. These GPS data together with the GPS data
from HVO's permanent network continuously fix the differential location of
the ship relative to the stations on land.
Low-frequency acoustical signals from the ship turn on the power
supply of the deployed ocean-bottom transponders. High-frequency
acoustical signals from the transponders determine range distances between
adjacent transponders and between individual transponders and the ship.
Each transponder is also equipped with pressure and tilt sensors to detect
and correct localized settling of the instrument. The power supply of the
transponder is turned off between measurements and is designed to last 10
years.
The high precision of the range measurements is attained by
correcting the travel-time of the acoustical signal. The speed of sound
energy varies with the density of the medium, so corrections for the
temperature, pressure, and salinity of the seawater along the signal path
are applied. The distance is also corrected for the roll and pitch of the
ship when the measurement is taken. With distances between the ship and
individual transponders measured from at least four known locations of the
ship, the location of the individual transponders can be accurately
determined.
Thus, the location of each transponder in the array is determined
relative to the land-based GPS stations. The HVO GPS measurements indicate
that the south flank of Kilauea is creeping up to 8 cm/yr (3 in/yr) to the
southeast (seaward). The SIO ship is scheduled to return in 2002 to
relocate the underwater array. If the submarine flank is moving along with
the subaerial flank, the change in position of the transponders should be
well above the detection level of the acoustical measurements. The results
will be conclusive.
If a large earthquake should occur along the south flank, we would be
able to determine the submarine displacements of the volcano when the
transponders are relocated. With this additional information, we can
develop a better model of the earthquake fault and structure of the south
flank.
With all the geodetic measurements being taken on the south flank of
Kilauea, we should learn a lot when the next large earthquake strikes.
However, no matter how much we learn, we will not be able to predict an
earthquake and issue a warning. The best way that you can mitigate this
hazard and protect your family is to build or reinforce your home according
to building code standards. You can save your life by immediately rushing
to high ground if you are near the ocean when a major earthquake occurs.
Eruption Update
Eruptive activity of Kilauea Volcano continued unabated during the
past week. Lava is erupting from Pu`u `O`o and flowing southeast through a
tube system down to the flats below Pulama pali and beyond to the ocean.
Lava is entering the ocean at Kamokuna located 1.6 km (1 mi) west-southwest
of Waha`ula. A small surface flow was observed at the base of Pulama pali.
The public is reminded that the ocean-entry areas are extremely
hazardous, with explosions accompanying sudden collapses of the new land.
The active lava flows are hot and have places with very thin crust. The
steam clouds are highly acidic and laced with glass particles.
There were no earthquakes reported felt during the week ending on
November 30, 2000.
=> RADIUS (Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas Against
Seismic
Disaster) Project
http://www.geohaz.org/radius.html
One of the major initiatives of the recently completed United
Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR)
addressed the issue of reducing seismic risk in large cities of the
developing world. Although officially completed over a year ago, the
RADIUS (Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas Against
Seismic Disaster) Project continues to produce useful tools and
information. Indeed, recently the project has released a "Summary
Report" and CD-ROM. The report summarizes all projects carried out
under RADIUS. The CD-ROM contains the project description, reports
from the collaborating institutes and case-study cities, guidelines
for RADIUS-type projects, several additional documents and reports, as
well at the projects' "tool for earthquake damage estimation."
These materials are being distributed to the various cities, organiza-
tions, and individuals involved in the RADIUS project; however all the
information is currently being uploaded to the World Wide Web at the
address above for interested persons to download and use.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/
This ūForces of Natureū site, put together by a group of students
as a contest entry, provides a detailed introduction to avalanches,
droughts, earthquakes, flooding, fog and mist, forest fires,
hurricanes, landslides, monsoons, severe storms, tornadoes, tsunamis,
volcanoes, and windstorms. The information covers descriptions of the
physical phenomena, their impacts, recent occurrences, historical case
studies, and interviews, as well as guidelines and tips for event
prediction, preparation, and prevention. There are also simulations,
classroom activities and experiments, resource tools, teacher
curriculum aids, interactive topic exploration programs, multimedia
galleries, games, and quizzes intended to ūteach appreciation and
understanding of the natural world, with emphasis on avoiding the
consequences of Earth's evolution and revolution.ū Kudos to these
kids!
=> USFS Fire News Piņon-Juniper Interface Studied in New Mexico
DECEMBER 01 -- SANTA FE, NM: Colorado State University researcher Richard
Gatewood
says he studies "forests that will not burn." He means piņon and juniper
forests that do not burn easily
- but when they do, because of their dense wood and oils, they can burn
catastrophically.
Gatewood told the Albuquerque Journal that piņon-juniper stands, such as
those surrounding Santa
Fe, may be a disaster waiting to happen.
"You have a potential catastrophe that is on the scale of Los Alamos," he
said. Gatewood is
especially concerned about homes built in heavy piņon-juniper on Santa Fe's
north edge and along
the Veterans Memorial Highway. Gatewood says that stand density in the area
has increased from
three or four stems per acre in the 1880s to a current density of about 60
percent per acre.
Bill Armstrong, a forester with the Santa Fe National Forest who for years
warned of the fire danger
to Los Alamos, says that it is in such forests that some of the West's most
lethal fires have occurred.
The South Canyon Fire in 1994 burned in piņon-juniper and Gambel oak; Jemez
Pueblo firefighter
Frankie Toledo was killed in piņon-juniper woodland in 1993 in the Jemez
Mountains, and
piņon-juniper burned near one of the largest fire shelter deployments in
U.S. firefighting history
during the 1996 Dome Fire south of Los Alamos.
"That ripped," said Armstrong. "That was terrifying."
He said the Dome Fire melted an engine to the chassis and nearly killed six
of 42 firefighters who
deployed shelters in the blowup.
Armstrong said the piņon-juniper woodland is most dangerous in conditions
that combine drought,
sustained winds, and uphill slope terrain. The Cerro Grande Fire burned a
piņon-juniper woodland
that Armstrong thought was fireproof; he said the canyon was rocky, and
there wasn't much fuel
there, and he didn't think it would be able to carry a fire.
Development has not taken the danger into account, he said. "This has
proceeded around the town
with no thought given to this whole issue of wildland interface," said
Armstrong. Santa Fe County is
considering development regulations in the interface, according to
Blackwell. Many people, he said,
misunderstand what defensible space is. "People think you have to go out and
clearcut everything,"
he said. "But it doesn't mean clearcutting. It means vegetation management."
The story's online from
the Albuquerque Journal and more information on defensible space is online
from the FireWise
program.
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FIRES IN OREGON
Oregon (US)
Several heat signatures are visible from fires burning in western Oregon and
northwestern California.
Some of these
may be controlled burns related to logging operations.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/FHSusOR336_N4.jpg
TROPICAL STORM RUMBIA (33W)
W. Pacific
Tropical storm Rumbia has crossed the Philippines and was located in the
South China Sea near
12.4N 121.6E at 12:00 UTC 12/01/2000.
Rumbia has been moving in a west-northwesterly direction at 13 knots with
maximum sustained
winds estimated at 45 knots, gusts to 55 knots.
The storm brought heavy rain, flooding, and mudslides to the central and
southern Philippines.
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