The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For February 14, 2001
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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 National Weather Service Day 3-10 U.S. Threats
=> Article ACT - El Salvador: Quick assistance to earthquake victims
=> Article OCHA Situation Report No. 3 El Salvador - Earthquake
=> Article EIIP Virtual Library Presentation: Public Health Preparedness
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Bioterrorism
=> Article The Salvation Army commits to long-term care in India
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For February 14, 2001
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Tue...86 At Ft Myers FL
Low Wed...26 Below Zero At West Yellowstone MT
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Wed Feb 14 11:32:28 2001
Flood
Louisiana
Texas
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SULPHUR RIVER FROM NORTH OF
HAGANSPORT TEXAS TO ABOVE LAKE WRIGHT PATMAN
Non Precipitation
Hawaii
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED AT 4 AM FOR ALL HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
Winter Storm
Arizona
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL INCREASE AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES CLOSER THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN AROUND 3500 TO
4000 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE RISING TO 4500 FEET BY THE AFTERNOON.
Colorado
WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS...
..WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES
CONTINUE TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO...
Iowa
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS
MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW. CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
IOWA WILL SEE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
Illinois
MOLINE IL...ROCK ISLAND IL... GALENA IL...GENESEO IL...MOUNT CARROLL
IL...STERLING-ROCK FALLS IL... PROPHETSTOWN IL...ALEDO IL..
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/4 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY
SNOWFALL UP TO 3 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON.
Kansas
A MIX BAG OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL...
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY
Maine
WINTRY PRECIPITATION FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
Missouri
WINTER WEATHER HEADED FOR NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
AND EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
Nebraska
WINTRY PRECIPITATION FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EVENING.
New Hampshire
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
EXPECT A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AS
MILDER AIR MOVES OVER THE COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE...THE SNOW WILL
MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN.
New Mexico
SNOW ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
PACIFIC STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
South Dakota
A BAND OF SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA... NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA THIS MORNING.
Texas
SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
Utah
SNOW ADVISORY FOR ALL THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3-8 INCHES EXPECTED.
=> 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 south
southeast Texas, and
southwest Louisiana.
=> 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 a portion of north
northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma, Arkansas except the southeast 1/3 of
the state, south
southeast Missouri, far southern Illinois, extreme southern Indiana,
Kentucky except the far
southeast and extreme northern area, and far north northwest Tennessee.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 1 inch of
precipitation over northeast
Texas, southeast Oklahoma, far northeast Louisiana, and Arkansas except the
far northern and far
southeastern areas.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall may exceed flash flood values over a portion of north northeast
Texas, southeast Oklahoma,
Arkansas except the southeast 1/3 of the state, south southeast Missouri,
southern Illinois, southern
Indiana, Kentucky except the far southeast area, and north northwest
Tennessee.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
>From noon to midnight today EST the probability of 4 inches or greater of
snow is low over central
and eastern Maine.
The probability of 1/4 inch or greater of ice accumulation is low over far
northeast Oklahoma,
extreme southeast Kansas, south southwest Missouri, central east New York,
the southern 1/2 of
Vermont, the southern 2/3 of New Hampshire and far southern Maine.
The moderate probability area is over far central west New York, southern
Vermont, and southwest
New Hampshire.
>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
0900 AM EST WED FEB 14 2001
FLOOD SUMMARY
URBAN FLOODING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF
SAN DIEGO, ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. MUDSLIDES BLOCKED
ROADS IN ORANGE COUNTY.
INTENSE SHOWERS AFFECT HAWAII
ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE KAI DISTRICT OF
HAWAII.
FLOODING CONTINUES IN CENTRAL U.S.
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES ON MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
RIVERS EXTENDING FROM TEXAS THROUGH ALABAMA AND NORTHWARD
INTO WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN.
OUTLOOK FOR TODAY
FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN TEXAS,
ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI. RAIN EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN TEXAS
AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BASIN
(ARKANSAS, MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS) AND SOUTHERN OHIO BASIN
(INDIANA, KENTUCKY AND OHIO) WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF RIVERS
AND LOW LYING AREAS INTO THE WEEKEND.
FLASH FLOODING:
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED OVER THE LAST DAY FOR:
ARKANSAS: LONOKE, MONROE, PRAIRIE AND PULASKI COUNTIES
CALIFORNIA: LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO
AND VENTURA COUNTIES
HAWAII: THE ISLAND OF HAWAII
MISSOURI: VERNON COUNTY
TEXAS: DENTON, FANNIN AND TARRANT COUNTIES
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE:
ALABAMA: THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER
ILLINOIS: THE DES PLAINES, EMBARRAS, ILLINOIS, KASKASKIA,
LA MOINE, ROCK, SPOON, WABASH AND LITTLE WABASH RIVERS
INDIANA: THE KANKAKEE, TIPPECANOE, WABASH AND YELLOW RIVERS
LOUISIANA: THE RED CHUTE BAYOU AND BAYOU DORCHEAT
MICHIGAN: THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER
MISSISSIPPI: THE BIG BLACK, BUTTAHATCHIE AND
YOLABUSHA RIVERS; TIBBEE CREEK
OHIO: THE ST. JOSEPH AND TIFFIN RIVERS
TEXAS: THE NECHES AND EAST FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVERS;
SISTER GROVE CREEK
WISCONSIN: THE FOX RIVER
=> 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 FEB 14 at 00:15 UTC
EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
(29.0 TO 35.8 N, 102.0 TO 125.0 W)
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 FEB 13 03:04:35.00 34.3 N 116.9 W 6 km 3.5
25 miles ENE of San Bernardino, California
2001 FEB 13 06:11:48.00 34.3 N 116.9 W 6 km 3.6
25 miles ENE of San Bernardino, California
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 FEB 12 22:40:54.24 50.9 N 130.4 W 10 km 3.7
125 miles W of Port Hardy, BC, Canada
7.2 Mag. SOUTHWEST OF SUMATERA
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
No reports received
Hail Reports
No reports received
Wind Reports
Time Speed Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1422 UNK DEL MAR SAN DIEGO CA 3294 11726 LARGE TREE IN ROADWAY. (SAN)
1200 67 HUNTINGTON BEACH ORANGE CA 3366 11800 TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON
SIDE ON HUNTINGTON BEACH PIER. (SAN)
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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=> National Weather Service Day 3-10 U.S. Threats
Valid Friday, February 16, 2001 - Tuesday, February 27, 2001. Summary of
Forecasts & Threats
SYNOPSIS: There is high uncertainty today concerning the timing details of
potential
weather-related hazards across the United States during the next two weeks.
With no reliable model
consensus on the upstream circulation pattern over Alaska and the
northeastern Pacific, it is very
difficult to say anything specific about the downstream flow pattern for the
conterminous U.S..
THREATS
A short-lived cold snap is expected over the northern border states from
February 16 - 20.
Strong winds are anticipated for southwestern Alaska on February 16th.
Long-term drought continues over most of Florida, and over western portions
of the Carolinas and
northern Georgia.
DETAILED SUMMARY
For Friday February 16 through Sunday February 18: With a ridge currently
over British Columbia
and the Canadian Yukon, we should see more cold air building over western
Canada during the next
few days. Todays model runs favor the coldest air of this airmass to move
into the north-central U.S.
by Feb 16th, and moving rapidly to the east along the northern tier of
states over the following three
or four days. A powerful low pressure system is forecast to move northward
through the Bering Sea
during the start of this period, bringing strong winds to southwestern
sections of Alaska.
For Monday February 19 through Tuesday February 27: No weather-related
threats are foreseen at
this time. A moderating trend is forecast for much of the nation east of the
Rockies during the middle
and latter stages of this period, with arctic air confined north of the
border.
=> ACT - El Salvador: Quick assistance to earthquake victims
Geneva, 14 February, 2001
Action by Churches Together (ACT)
ACT members delivered food and temporary shelter to affected communities
only hours after a
major earthquake hit El Salvador yesterday.
Although some roads were interrupted due to renewed landslides, rapid
response teams from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Salvadoran
Lutheran Church began distributing food and plastic for temporary shelter in
San Miguel Tepezontes,
Guadalupe and Verapaz. In these municipalities children and adults had been
without food since the
morning.
ACT assistance to those affected by the latest earthquake will continue to
expand in the coming
days. From Nicaragua, ACT members the Lutheran Church, CIETTS and Accion
Medica will send
a medical team, equipment and two vehicles, one of which is an ambulance, to
El Salvador on
Thursday, 15 February. This team will work together with the ACT team
already active in El
Salvador.
News sources this morning (CET) estimate that more than 170 people have been
killed with some
1500 people injured by this second quake to hit El Salvador within a month.
The 6.1 magnitude
quake had it's epicentre near San Pedro Noualco in the department of La
Paz - an area less affected
by the first earthquake on January 13.
By nightfall Tuesday, ACT-LWF El Salvador reported the following details
about the death and
destruction caused by the earthquake:
"In the department of La Paz, fifty deaths have been reported in San Juan
Tepezontes, another six in
San Miguel Tepezontes. In San Pedro Perulapan eight deaths have been
reported, and twenty
persons are trapped in their homes. At least ten municipalities in this
department have been seriously
affected.
Fifteen deaths and 500 injuries were reported in the Department of San
Vicente, where the historic center of San Vicente was practically
levelled. The communities of Guadalupe, Verapaz and San Sebastian suffered
up to 90% damage.
Landslides were reported on the slopes of the San Vicente Volcano,
Chichontepec.
Much damage has been reported in the Department of Cuscatlan. At least 50
homes have been
destroyed in the capital city of Cojutepeque, where the historical center
was also seriously damaged.
Eulogio Rivas School, and the school in Candelaria, were seriously damaged.
The roads around Las
Pavas Hill are impassable due to landslides.
In the Department of San Salvador, the church in the center of Apopa has
collapsed. A bus on the
Aguas Calientes Road in Ilopango is partially buried. More landslides,
smaller and less destructive
than January's dramatic avalanche which buried the neighborhood Las Colinas,
were reported in the
communities of Las Colinas and Pinares de Suiza, in Santa Tecla, at the base
of La Cordillera de El
Balsamo. Evacuation of the displaced persons camp El Cafetalon, begun some
days ago, has been
suspended. More evacuees from damaged and threatened areas are being
received.
Some damage has been reported in the Department of San Miguel, for example
on the second and
third floors of the National Hospital, from which patients have been
evacuated. There have been
landslides in the areas of Chinameca and San Jorge.
Ninety percent of the homes in San Luis del Carmen, in the Department of
Chalatenango, were
damaged or destroyed. Some damage was reported in Sonsonate, such as the
collapse of one
colonial church.
Once again, much of the population is very concerned about communicating
with relatives. And once
again, there is an urgent need to set up new camps to attend to evacuees in
areas damaged or made
more vulnerable by yesterday's earthquake."
In January ACT issued an appeal for $3.9 million to support the victims of
the earthquake in El
Salvador - so far only US $ 1,1 million has been raised.
=> OCHA Situation Report No. 3 El Salvador - Earthquake
14 February 2001
Earthquake on 13 February of 6.6 on the Richter Scale Government appeals
for international assistance
1. During a meeting with the donor community on 13 February 2001, the
Government of El Salvador made a request for international assistance.
2. According to the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office in El
Salvador some 45 aftershocks have been registered, following the
earthquake of 13 February 2001.
3. Latest figures indicate 173 people dead and 1,557 injured. In the
departments of Cuscatlán, La Paz, and San Vicente alone, 123 people have
been killed and 1,243 injured.
4. About 141 houses have been destroyed and four hospitals damaged in the
departments of La Paz, San Vicente and Cuscatlán. The Catedral of Santa
Ana, in the department of Santa Ana, near the border with Guatemala, was
also damaged.
5. Several roads have been blocked by landslides in the following
municipalities: San Vicente (Department of San Vicente), San Miguel
Tepezontes and Tapalhuaca (Department of La Paz), Colon (Department of La
Libertad), Armenia (Department of Sonsonate), and San Pedro Peruplan
(Department of Cuscatlan). Landslides have reportedly hit the Pan-American
Highway, still being restored after the 13 January earthquake.
National Response
6. Authorities are installing additional temporary shelters in three
municipalities and the Salvadorian airforce is carrying out evacuation
operations from the areas isolated by the landslides.
7. Emergency teams are trying to restore alternate roads as well as the
main energy supply system in the area of Bajo Lempa.
=> EIIP Virtual Library Presentation: Public Health Preparedness for
Bioterrorism
Wednesday, February 14, 12:00 Noon EST
The threat of bioterrorism presents unique emergency preparedness and
response planning considerations. Many communities are engaged in this
planning process right now, and more will become involved in the
future. How can we assure these efforts will be effective?
Join us Wednesday, February 14, when Kim McCoy from the Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Program, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will be our guest speaker. This is the office charged
with enhancing CDC's capacities to assist States and other partners in
responding to
bioterrorism. Ms. McCoy works with federal, state and local public
health professionals to develop budget and policy initiatives related to
bioterrorism preparedness.
Please review the background page at
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See our On-line Events page, http://www.emforum.org/events.htm for
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previous sessions are available on-line via the Transcripts link under
Quick Picks, and are now arranged by topic, in addition to date, for
easy retrieval of sessions of interest.
=> The Salvation Army commits to long-term care in India
As more tents arrive in Gujarat to provide housing for quake survivors,
The Salvation Army and Indian officials begin to look at long-term care and
solutions. The local governments have cooperated fully with The Salvation
Army's Social Development unit in supervising the assessments of damage from
the quake. The initial seven villages originally assigned to The Salvation
Army for aid have increased to 10 with an estimated population of 30,000.
Immediately following the quake, children from the Bhuj area, near the
epicenter, were evacuated to the city of Ahmedabad. As the children return,
Indian authorities have requested The Salvation Army to provide care for up
to 100 children orphaned or disabled by the quake. The Salvation Army has
given a 10-year commitment and is ready to receive the first children in a
makeshift children's home in Bhuj. Captains Gabriel and Indumati Christian
have been placed in charge of the children's home and the
relief-to-development phase.
It was initially believed that Salvation Army property had suffered only
minor damage but aftershocks aggravated the weakened buildings. Among the
places suffering extensive damage is the Emery Hospital, Anand, where The
Salvation Army medical teams have been operating.
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WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA
California
This GOES-10 image shows a strong winter storm that has hit California with
heavy snowfall, wind,
rain, sleet, hail, waterspouts, and mudslides.
Two feet of snow and up to four inches of rain have been reported in some
areas.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Storms/US_West/STMusW044_G10.jpg
TROPICAL CYCLONE 09S (VINCENT)
Indian Ocean
Tropical Cylcone 09S (Vincent) was located in the Indian Ocean near 15.1S
and 115.3E at 06:00
UTC.
Vincent was moving east-southeastward at 13 knots with maximum sustained
winds estimated at
35 knots, gusts to 45 knots.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/IndOcean/TRCvincent044_GM.jpg
DUST BLOWING OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA
West Coast of Africa
Airborne dust is visible in both the METEOSAT-7 (indicated by yellow arrows)
and TOMS
(indicated by black arrows)
images blowing off the western coast of Africa. The airborne dust extends
out well into the Atlantic
Ocean where
in begins to get absorbed into a weather pattern.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/Africa_W/DSTafr044_MT.jpg
FIRES IN AFRICA
Sudan and Ethiopia
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue) are visible from fires burning
in Sudan and Ethiopia.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Africa_E/FSMHSsudan044_N4.jpg
FIRES IN CUBA
Cuba
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue) are visible from fires burning
in Cuba. A number of
these fires may be
associated with agricultural burning.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Cuba/FSMHScuba044_N4.jpg
State of Gujarat website.
www.gujaratindia.com
Pa. Residents Worried by Pipe Bombs
By Jennifer Brown
Associated Press Writer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010213/aponline091904_000.ht
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