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•Daily Operations Briefing December 21, 2012 As of 6:30 a.m. EST 1 Significant Activity: Dec 20 - 21 Significant Events: • Sandy/Nor’easter recovery • Severe storms – Southeast & Mid-Atlantic Significant Weather: • Winter storms moving out of Midwest/Great Lakes and into Mid-Atlantic /Northeast • Steady rain with higher elevation snow – Pacific Northwest and Upper Rockies • Critical Fire Weather: None • Red Flag Warnings: Alabama, & Florida • Space Weather: No space weather storms observed or predicted Tropical Activity: No significant tropical activity Earthquake Activity: No significant activity Declaration Activity: Appeal for Major Disaster Declaration for Florida 2 Sandy/Nor’easter Recovery Summary ▲ 5,283 (-69) FEMA personnel are deployed supporting Sandy-related recovery operations across 11 states and District of Columbia • 11 Major Disaster Declarations; 12 Emergency Declarations New York (State EOC at Level III; Partial Activation) ▲ 4 shelters are open with 175 (-11) occupants (ESF-6, Dec 21) • 24 DRCs remain open • Debris removal approximately 70% complete (approx. 4.2 mil CY removed FEMA-4085-DR-New York of 6.01 mil CY total) = Individual and Public Assistance counties = Public Assistance county New Jersey (State EOC at Level II, Enhanced Ops) • 24 DRCs remain open • Debris removal approx. 30% complete (approx. 3 mil CY removed of 10 mil CY total) FEMA Response • FEMA Region II RRCC at Watch/Steady State • N-IMAT Blue is deployed to NY JFO • N-IMAT Red is deployed to NJ JFO • Regional IMATs deployed to NY: R-II, R-IV, R-VIII, R-IX and R-X • Regional IMATs deployed to NJ: R-IV and R-VII • FEMA HQ IMAT remains deployed to Staten Island, NY FEMA-4086-DR-New Jersey = Individual and Public Assistance counties 3 National Weather Forecast http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad1.pdf 5 Active Watches/Warnings http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php 6 Precipitation Forecast Days 1 - 3 http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/d13_fill.gif 7 River Flood Outlook - 7 Day http://water.weather.gov/ahps/forecasts.php?current_color=flood&current_type=all&fcst_type=fcst&conus_map=d_map 8 Convective Outlook Days 1 – 3 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 9 Critical Fire Weather Areas Days 1 – 8 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3-8 10 Hazard Outlook: December 23 - 27 MAP: http://origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/hazards_d3_7.png TEXT: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats_ie.php 11 Drought Monitor as of December 18, 2012 http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ 13 Space Weather NOAA Scales Activity Past 24 Hours Current Next 24 Hours Range 1 (minor)http://www.swpc.noaa.n/index.html to 5 (extreme) Space Weather Activity: None None None • Geomagnetic Storms None None None www.spaceweather.comhttp:// • Solar Radiation Storms None None None • Radio Blackouts None None None HF Communications Impact Sunspot Activity http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap/global.html 14 Current NWS Winter Hazards 14 Winter Products ‐ each with a distinct policy for use Winter Storm Watch Winter Storm Warning Winter Weather Advisory Freezing Rain Advisory Is the high level of specificity Ice Storm Warning working against clarity?? Blizzard Watch Blizzard Warning Lake Effect Snow Watch Lake Effect Snow Warning Lake Effect Snow Advisory Wind Chill Watch Wind Chill Warning Wind Chill Advisory Extreme Cold Warning A Proposed Alternative Approach Simplified Approach Using Plain English THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FORECASTING WINTER STORM WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. WARNING FOR A DANGEROUS SNOW STORM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. CAUTION FOR SNOW. 16 Some Examples Current Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH… Simplified Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FORECASTING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM Current Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. Simplified Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS. CAUTION FOR SNOW CONTINUES TO BE ADVISED. 17 Winter Hazard Simplification Locations 18 Severe Weather – Southeast & Mid-Atlantic Situation – Dec 19-20 • Strong storms moved through Southeast & Mid-Atlantic • Storms generated strong winds, three unconfirmed tornadoes & one confirmed EF1 tornado • Some damage reported; however, impacts primarily are downed trees & power lines • AL (Mobile Co): Approx. 115-120 structures damaged • AR (Sebastian Co): Confirmed EF-1 tornado; one mobile home destroyed • Elsewhere, no significant damage • Remaining power outages: • AL 10,700 (Peak: approx. 54,700) • AR 12,958 • MD 4,799 (Peak: approx. 70,000) • Power restoration continues; no long-term outages expected • All SEOCs are at normal operations • No FEMA assistance requested 21 Major Disaster Declaration Appeal - Florida December 20, 2012 • Governor is appealing denial of a request for a Major Disaster Declaration • Request was a result of Hurricane Sandy beginning Oct 24, 2012, and continuing • The Governor is requesting PA for 7 counties and Hazard Mitigation statewide Counties Requested 22 Disaster Requests & Declarations Declaration Requests in Process Requests APPROVED Requests DENIED (since last report) (since last report) 1 Date Requested 0 0 FL – DR Hurricane Sandy (Appeal) December 20, 2012 23 OFDC Cadre Member Status Federal Coordinating Officer Deployed Detailed Available Not Available Total 21211135 Total Available Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 11* 1* 6 2 2 * All Type 1 FCOs are available unless deployed to a Level 1 event Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator Positions On Board Available Deployed Pending Hire 10 5 0 5 5 As of:12/21/2012 25 Open Field Offices, as of December 21, 2012 26 Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments Number of Counties Region State Event IA/PA Start – End Requested Ongoing Complete Severe Storms/High Winds VOH PA 1 1 0 12/18 – TBD October 29-30, 2012 27 MCOV Fleet / Deployment Status MCOV FLEET STATUS MCOV DISASTER SUPPORT DEPLOYMENTS Units Available Deployed En Open Location PMC NMC DR-State OPCON Unit Prep Notes: Assigned FMC Committed Route Request DC Atlanta 21 11 7 0 3 DR‐4086‐NJ 2 0 0 DC Cumberland 10 5 4 0 1 DR‐4085‐NY 13 0 0 DC Ft Worth 14 10 4 0 000 0 DC Moffett 6 6 00 000 0 Holliston, MA 1 1 00 000 0 Denver, CO 2 2 00 000 0 Bothell, WA 2 2 00 000 0 (Note: NMC Cumberland unit and 1 NMC Atlanta unit at 000 0 MERS Frederick for Sat System Repairs.) TOTAL 56 37 15 0 4 TOTAL 15 0 0 0 Included in above totals, units 00 in route for turn‐in. 2 Fully Mission Capable 52 Partially Mission Capable 0 Non-Mission Capable 4 Total Not Deployed 41 Data as of: 12/21/12 @ 0700 28 Active IA Disasters - Referral Status & Awards Active IA Disasters Total IHP Awards IHP Referral Status Total Awards: VT NH Approved: ‐ 410,365 WA 4022 4026 NY 4001 ME 409,747 MT ND Ineligible: ‐ 384,682 4085 MA Total Max Grants: OR MN 4031 4028 ID 4020 SD WI 8,006 Withdrawn: ‐ 38,113 WI RI WY IA PA 4030 CT 4089 NE 1998 IL IN OH 4025 4087 Pending (FEMA): ‐ 11,298 NV 4013 WV MD 1991 4058 DE 4023 UT 4071 VA CA CO KY NJ MO 4061 4042 MD KS 4057 4086 4012 4059 4091 Pending (Applicant): ‐ 73,811 4008 NC 4021 TN 4019 OK 4060 AZ 4078 AR NM 4000 SC MS AL GA 4081 4052 TX LA 4029 4080 PR FL 4040 Average IHP Awards 4068 4017 ONA ‐ $1,693 Legend # of DRs HA ‐ $4,889 5 Open Registration Period IHP ‐ $4,772 (60 days from Declaration, unless extended) Housing Asssistance: $216,691,776 31 IHP Active – IHP Assistance period remains open Other Needs Assistance: $1,735,500,564 (18 Months from Declaration) $0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000 Total Awards Amount: $1,952,192,340 36 Total IHP Active Disasters (All information on this slide reflects data for these disasters) # Max Grants = Applicants awarded maximum IHP ($31,900 as of FY 2013) Data as of: 12/21/12 @ 0700 30 IA Registration Statistics Hurricane Sandy - Cumulative as of December 21, 2012 @ 0700 Approved Total ONA DR # - State Registrations Total HA Approved Total IHP Approved Applicants Approved 4085 - NY 254,670 106,941 $723,415,999 $82,801,249 $806,217,248 4086 - NJ 247,483 54,565 $279,406,720 $32,640,385 $312,047,105 4087 - CT 11,137 2,521 $9,684,291 $623,379 $10,307,670 4089 - RI 448 84 $293,243 $19,268 $312,511 4091 - MD 605 131 $443,130 $55,236 $498,366 Totals 514,343 164,242 $1,013,243,383 $116,139,517 $1,129,382,900 24 hour change +1,855 +1,142 +$7,488,550 +$4,086,297 +$11,574,847 NPSC and IRS* Call Data for December 20, 2012 Total Calls Answered (Help Line + Registration Intake) 9,228 Average time to answer call 12 seconds * Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents are currently assisting with IA Registration Intake calls 31 Housing Inspection Statistics Hurricane Sandy – Inspection Data as of December 21, 2012 @ 0700 Inspections Inspections Inspection % Turnaround Time DR # - State Inspectors Assigned Completed Complete (Days) 4085 - NY 110 172,749 164,156 95.03% 5.56 4086 - NJ 70 117,202 111,919 95.49% 4.80 4087 - CT 6 5,930 5,597 94.38% 3.92 4089 - RI 1 189 173 91.53% 1.81 4091 - MD 10 516 236 45.74% 2.15 TOTAL 197 296,586 282,081 95.11% 5.2 24 Hour Change -21 +2,630 +1,885 -0.2% 0.0 32 IMAT Status National Teams Team Status Team Status Team Status BLUE NYC WHITE RED NJ (East) (Central) (West) Regional Teams Team Status Team Status Team Status Region I
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    National Weather Service Reference Guide Purpose of this Document he National Weather Service (NWS) provides many products and services which can be T used by other governmental agencies, Tribal Nations, the private sector, the public and the global community. The data and services provided by the NWS are designed to fulfill us- ers’ needs and provide valuable information in the areas of weather, hydrology and climate. In addition, the NWS has numerous partnerships with private and other government entities. These partnerships help facilitate the mission of the NWS, which is to protect life and prop- erty and enhance the national economy. This document is intended to serve as a reference guide and information manual of the products and services provided by the NWS on a na- tional basis. Editor’s note: Throughout this document, the term ―county‖ will be used to represent counties, parishes, and boroughs. Similarly, ―county warning area‖ will be used to represent the area of responsibility of all of- fices. The local forecast office at Buffalo, New York, January, 1899. The local National Weather Service Office in Tallahassee, FL, present day. 2 Table of Contents Click on description to go directly to the page. 1. What is the National Weather Service?…………………….………………………. 5 Mission Statement 6 Organizational Structure 7 County Warning Areas 8 Weather Forecast Office Staff 10 River Forecast Center Staff 13 NWS Directive System 14 2. Non-Routine Products and Services (watch/warning/advisory descriptions)..…….. 15 Convective Weather 16 Tropical Weather 17 Winter Weather 18 Hydrology 19 Coastal Flood 20 Marine Weather 21 Non-Precipitation 23 Fire Weather 24 Other 25 Statements 25 Other Non-Routine Products 26 Extreme Weather Wording 27 Verification and Performance Goals 28 Impact-Based Decision Support Services 30 Requesting a Spot Fire Weather Forecast 33 Hazardous Materials Emergency Support 34 Interactive Warning Team 37 HazCollect 38 Damage Surveys 40 Storm Data 44 Information Requests 46 3.