The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For January 9, 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 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
=> Guest Column-
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=> Article President Orders Disaster Aid for Texas Ice Storm Victims
=> Article DOT Displays Computer Tool To Identify Freight Bottlenecks
=> Article EIIP Virtual Library Presentation, Wednesday, January 10, 12:00
Noon EST
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For January 9, 2000
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Mon...81 At Opa Locka..Tamiami..And Vero Beach FL
Low Tue...19 Below Zero At Pellston MI
=> Special Notes
Significant precipitation headed for California tomorrow
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Tue Jan 9 11:34:26 2001
Non Precipitation
Alabama
Mississippi
A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR
TONIGHT...
Florida
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT...
Oregon
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON COASTAL HEADLANDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
Winter Storm
Arizona
...(1) SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE MOGOLLON RIM
THROUGH NOON MST TODAY...
...(2) SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH 4 PM MST TODAY...
North Carolina
AVERY NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-
.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON...
New Mexico
ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
I-40 BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
HEAVY SNOW WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT...
.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT PULLING MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.
Texas
SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO
INTO WESTERN TEXAS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
=> 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 a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow over the central
western 1/3 of
California.
=> 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
precipitation over far west northwest
Washington.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 3 inches of
precipitation over a portion of
California east of Santa Barbara.
Over 2 inches of precipitation is forecast over coastal portions of
California except for the northern
and southern areas and central west California.
Over 1 inch of precipitation is forecast over coastal portions of California
except for the northern
and southern areas and central west California, and over the southwest
central 1/4 of Texas.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood values.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
>From noon to midnight today EST the probability of 4 inches or greater of
snow is less than 20%
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 less than
20%
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
07:45 AM EST TUE JAN 09 2001
FLOOD SUMMARY
NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
A FEW RIVERS IN EASTERN TEXAS, LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI REMAIN
SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH MINOR FLOODING.
FLASH FLOODING:
NO FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE:
ARKANSAS: THE OUACHITA RIVER
LOUISIANA: BAYOU DORCHEAT AND RED CHUTE BAYOU
MISSISSIPPI: THE UPPER BIG BLACK RIVER
TEXAS: THE SULPHUR, SABINE, ANGELINA AND NECHES RIVERS
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
The USA Fire Report and Forecast has not been updated.
=> 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 JAN 09 at 00:15 UTC
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 JAN 8 07:33:04.66 51.1 N 178.4 W 33 km 4.3
90 miles WSW of Adak, Alaska
2001 JAN 8 07:19:22.74 51.1 N 178.3 W 33 km 4.5
90 miles SW of Adak, Alaska
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
MAGNITUDE 3.3, OCCURRED AT 0729 AST ON JAN 9, 2000
5 MILES E OF ANCHORAGE, AK.AT 61.2N, 149.7W, 18 MILES DEEP.
=> 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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=> President Orders Disaster Aid for Texas Ice Storm Victims
Washington, January 8, 2001 - The head of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA)
announced today that federal disaster aid has been made available to help
families and businesses in
three north Texas counties recover from the effects of a series of crippling
ice storms that hit the state
last month.
FEMA Director James Lee Witt said President Clinton authorized the
assistance under a major
disaster declaration issued late this afternoon following a review of the
agency's analysis of the state's
request for federal relief submitted yesterday. The declaration covers
damage to private property
from the storms that began December 12.
Immediately after the declaration, Witt designated the counties of Bowie,
Cass and Red River
eligible for federal funding to help meet the recovery needs of stricken
residents and business
owners.
The assistance, to be coordinated by FEMA, can include grants to help pay
for temporary housing,
emergency home repairs and other serious disaster-related expenses.
Low-interest loans from the
U.S. Small Business Administration also will be available to cover
residential and business losses not
fully compensated by insurance.
Additionally, Witt said federal funds will be provided for the state and
affected local governments in
the three designated counties to pay 75 percent of the eligible costs for
debris removal and
emergency services related to the storms. The declaration also makes funding
available to the state
on a cost-shared basis for approved projects that reduce future disaster
risks.
Witt indicated that damage surveys are continuing and more counties and
additional forms of
assistance for state and local government agencies may be designated later
based on the results of
the assessments. He named A. D. Rodham of FEMA to coordinate the federal
relief effort.
Rodham said residents and business owners who sustained storm losses in the
designated counties
can begin the disaster application process on Tuesday, January 9, by calling
1-800-462-9029, or
1-800-462-7585 (TTY) for the hearing and speech impaired. The toll-free
telephone numbers will
operate from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week until further notice.
=> DOT Displays Computer Tool To Identify Freight Bottlenecks
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Intermodalism
and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today demonstrated a
personal computer tool to assist public sector freight planners in
identifying and assessing current and likely major freight bottlenecks in
our national transportation systems.
The new program created by BTS with the Office of Intermodalism,
the Office of Freight Management and Operations of the department's
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory will help planners address five categories of
bottleneckshighway seaport access, seaport congestion, highway/airport
access, airport congestion, and highway/rail terminal access.
"Getting goods to market efficiently is critical to our nation's
economy, and this program will help ensure that we have the tools we need
to keep our freight moving," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E.
Slater.
In unveiling the Intermodal Bottleneck Evaluation Tool (IBET),
Associate Deputy Transportation Secretary Stephen D. Van Beek, said, "IBET
is an important first product in the effort to provide policy
professionals with an analytical tool to assess the demands of our
nation's commerce on the national transportation systems. It provides
policy professionals with a big picture view of our nation's domestic and
international freight flows."
Dr. Ashish Sen, BTS Director, said, "IBET is an effort to make
data-based decision tools publicly available in the near future for those
who can make transportation better. In this way, we hope to add
transparency to decisions."
IBET can quickly combine Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and
large informational data bases developed through FHWA's Freight Analysis
Framework to analyze where freight is flowing in the nation and where
bottlenecks are or can be expected.
It combines data on freight volumes with measures of available
infrastructure, intensity of infrastructure use, observed traffic delays,
and significance of facilities to domestic and international trade to show
the existence of bottlenecks. It then distributes the freight flow
information over the national transportation networks and, using GIS,
assigns this freight over the nation's highway, rail, maritime, and
aviation networks.
IBET allows users to look at both modal and intermodal networks,
as well as modal trends and use patterns such as origin and destination.
It provides rankings of demand based on certain limited factors and can
depict historical long term growth and use trends. For each bottleneck
area, IBET can show domestic, import, and export flows, as well as through
traffic by states of origin and destination.
=> EIIP Virtual Library Presentation, Wednesday, January 10, 12:00 Noon
EST
Complex Systems in Crisis Management
We begin the new year in the Virtual Library with author Dr. Louise Comfort,
Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of
Pittsburgh,
with a discussion of ideas from her recent book, "Shared Risk: Complex
Systems
in Seismic Response" Although the case studies are from major earthquake
disasters, the findings may also be applicable to other types of events.
Crisis environments are complex, dynamic and place lives, property, and
continuity of operations in our communities at risk. Concepts from the
emerging
science of complex adaptive systems (CAS) help us to understand these
environments better and offer fresh insight into the challenging problems of
emergency management. Please join us on Wednesday when Dr. Comfort will
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some of these insights and respond to your comments and questions.
Please review the background page at
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then participate by logging in via the Chat Login link under Quick Picks on
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ASH PLUME FROM SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO
Montserrat
This GOES-8 image shows a plume of ash extending west from Soufriere Hills
volcano on
Montserrat. According to the Montserrat Volcano Observatory, this ash plume
is the result of
continuous rockfalls and pyroclastic flows.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Volcano/Montserrat/VSHsouf008_G8.avi
TROPICAL CYCLONE 04S (ANDO)
Indian Ocean
Tropical Cyclone 04S (Ando) was located east of Toalanaro, Madagascar near
24.6S and 51.4E at
06:00 UTC. Ando has been moving southwestward at 4 knots with maximum
sustained winds
estimated at 75 knots, gusts to 90 knots.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/IndOcean/TRCando008_MT.jpg
TROPICAL CYCLONE 05S (BINDU)
Indian Ocean
Tropical Cyclone 05S (Bindu) was in the South Indian Ocean near 13.6S and
73.5E at 06:00
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sustained winds
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