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•Daily Operations Briefing December 25, 2012 As of 6:30 a.m. EST

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Significant Activity: Dec 24 - 25 Significant Events:

• Possible Severe thunderstorms - Gulf Coast

• Sandy/Nor’easter recovery

Significant Weather:

• Thunderstorms – Texas to Deep South

• Heavy snow/freezing rain – Southern Plains to Ohio Valley

• Wintery mix – Central Appalachians to Northeast

• Rain & mountain snow continues - West Coast

• Critical Fire Weather Areas: None

• Red Flag Warnings: Texas

• Space Weather: No space weather storms observed or predicted

Tropical Activity: No activity threatening U.S. territories

Earthquake Activity: M4.5 east of Anchorage, Alaska

Declaration Activity: None

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Severe Weather Threat: Dec - 25

• Today, the Storm Prediction Center

(SPC) has a large portion of the Deep

South in an enhanced risk for severe

thunderstorms (defined as

thunderstorms producing a tornado,

Damaging winds or winds measured 58

MPH or more, Hail 1 inch in diameter or

larger)

• In particular, southeast Texas eastward

along the Gulf Coast to central Alabama

appears to be the region of utmost

concern as a moderate risk is currently

in place

• The primary threats will remain possibly

long-track tornadoes and damaging

winds as the storm clusters develop

more into a convective line

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Sandy/Nor’easter Recovery

Summary

▲ 4,344 (-58) 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 minimal occupancy (ARC, Dec 23)

• 22 DRCs remain open

• Debris removal 70% complete (approx. 4.2 mil CY removed of 6.01 mil CY total)

• N-IMAT Blue is deployed to NY JFO

• Regional IMATs deployed to NY: R-II, R-IV, R-VIII, R-IX and R-X

• FEMA HQ IMAT remains deployed to Staten Island, NY

New Jersey (State EOC at Level II, Enhanced Ops)

• 24 DRCs remain open

• Debris removal 30% complete (approx. 3 mil CY removed of 10 mil CY total)

• N-IMAT Red is deployed to NJ JFO

• R-VII IMAT remains deployed to NJ

FEMA-4085-DR-New York

= Individual and Public Assistance counties

= Public Assistance county

FEMA-4086-DR-New Jersey

= Individual and Public Assistance counties

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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad1.pdf

National Weather Forecast

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http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php

Active Watches/Warnings

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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/d13_fill.gif

Precipitation Forecast Days 1 – 3

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http://water.weather.gov/ahps/forecasts.php?current_color=flood&current_type=all&fcst_type=fcst&conus_map=d_map

River Flood Outlook – 7 Day

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Convective Outlook Days 1 – 3

Day 1 Day 2

Day 3

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Critical Fire Weather Areas Days 1 – 8

Day 1 Day 2

Day 3-8

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http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap/global.html

www.spaceweather.com

http://www.swpc.noaa.n/index.html

http://

Space Weather NOAA Scales Activity

Range 1 (minor) to 5 (extreme) Past 24 Hours Current Next 24 Hours

Space Weather Activity: None None None

• Geomagnetic Storms None None None

• Solar Radiation Storms None None None

• Radio Blackouts None None None

HF Communications Impact Sunspot Activity

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Significant Earthquake Activity

M4.5 east of Anchorage, AK

• December 24, at 10:43 p.m. EST

• 82 miles east of Anchorage, AK

• 39 miles west-northwest of Valdez, AK

• Depth of 12 miles

• Tsunami was not generated

• Approximately 2,000 residents exposed to weak

to light shaking

• A green PAGER was issued; low likelihood of

casualties or damage

• No requests for FEMA assistance

Canada

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Disaster Requests & Declarations

Declaration Requests in Process Requests APPROVED

(since last report)

Requests DENIED

(since last report)

2 Date Requested 0 0

FL – DR Hurricane Sandy (Appeal) December 20, 2012

OH – DR Remnants of Hurricane Sandy December 21, 2012

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Deployed Detailed Available Not Available Total

22 2 10 1 35

OFDC Cadre Member Status

Total Available Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4

11* 1* 6 2 2

As of:12/22/2012

* All Type 1 FCOs are available unless deployed to a Level 1 event

Positions On Board Available Deployed Pending Hire

10 5 0 5 5

Federal Coordinating Officer

Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator

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Open Field Offices, as of December 25, 2012

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IMAT Status National Teams

Team Status Team Status Team Status

BLUE (East)

NYC WHITE (Central)

RED (West)

NJ

Regional Teams

Team Status Team Status Team Status

Region I RI Region V MD Region IX-1 NY

Region II NY Region VI-1 LA Region IX-2

Region III Region VI-2 Region X NY

Region IV-1 Region VII NJ FEMA HQ NYC

Region IV-2 NY Region VIII NY

= Assigned/Deployed

= Out-of-Service

= Available/Mission Capable

= Available/Partially Mission Capable

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Urban Search & Rescue INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAMS (Red-White-Blue) – Monthly On Call Rotation

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

WEST CENTRAL EAST

Team Status Team Status Team Status

CA-TF1 Available AZ-TF1 Available FL-TF1 Available

CA-TF2 Available CO-TF1 Available FL-TF2 Available

CA-TF3 Available IN-TF1 Available MA-TF1 Available

CA-TF4 Available MO-TF1 Available MD-TF1 Available

CA-TF5 Available NE-TF1 Available NY-TF1 Available

CA-TF6 Available NM-TF1 Non-operational PA-TF1 Conditionally Available

CA-TF7 Available NV-TF1 Conditionally Available VA-TF1 Available

CA-TF8 Available TN-TF1 Conditionally Available VA-TF2 Available

WA-TF1 Available TX-TF1 Available OH-TF1 Available

UT-TF1 Available

= Assigned/Deployed

= Out-of-Service

= Available/Mission Capable

= Available/Partially Mission Capable

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Region RRCC Regional Watch Center

I Watch/Steady State Maynard MOC (24/7)

II Watch/Steady State 24/7

III Watch/Steady State 24/7

IV Watch/Steady State 24/7

V Watch Steady State 24/7

VI Watch/Steady State Denton MOC (24/7)

VII Watch/Steady State 24/7

VIII Watch/Steady State Denver MOC (24/7)

IX Watch/Steady State 24/7

X Watch/Steady State Bothell MOC (24/7)

RRCC / Regional Watch Center Status

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National Team Status

Team/Status Current Location Remarks

National Watch Center Washington, DC Watch/Steady State

NRCC Washington, DC Not Activated

HLT Miami, FL Not Activated

DEST Washington, DC Not Activated

Mission Capable Partially Mission Capable Not Mission Capable

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