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National Situation Report As of 3:00 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 14, 2019

This report is published twice daily, 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EDT

Common Operating Picture Force Laydown

N-IMATs Regional IMAT FCOs / FDRCs US&R MERS N-ISBs East Available Assigned 13 Assigned 29 / 12 Assigned 28 Assigned 36 Team A Available West Available Available 6 Available 6 / 3 Available 27 Available 34 Team B Available Crisis Available PMC/NMC 3 PMC/NMC 0 / 0 PMC/NMC 1 PMC/NMC 0 Team C Available Deployed 4 Deployed 23 / 9 Deployed 0 Deployed 2

IM Workforce Available Deployed Other Cadres with 25% or Less Availability

12,920 3,937 30% 5,651 3,332 EHP 7% (30/455); ER 21% (12/57); FL 14% (22/160); HM 23% (250/1090); IT 25% (162/651); LOG 22% (299/1334); PA 7% (151/2152); PLAN 24% (89/375); SAF 11% (6/55); SEC 25% (30/122)

FEMA Headquarters Status FEMA Regions I - X Status

Steady State, Monitoring (24/7) Steady State, Monitoring (24/7)



National Current Operations

Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments Region / Location Event / Date IA / PA Counties Start – End Date

Requested Complete

IV / AL Severe Weather and Flooding February 6-22, 2019

IA 3 1 3/11 – TBD PA 0 0 N/A

IV / KY Severe Weather and Flooding February 6, 2019

IA 0 0 N/A PA 43 10 3/11 – TBD

IV / MS Severe Weather and Flooding February 22, 2019

IA 1 0 3/12 – TBD PA 7 1 3/12 – TBD

IV / TN Severe Weather and Flooding February 6, 2019

IA 7 0 3/12 – TBD PA 54 0 3/12 – TBD

V / OH Severe Weather and Tornadoes February 5-13, 2019

IA 0 0 N/A PA 20 0 3/11 – TBD

IX / CA Winter Storms January 31, 2019 and continuing

IA 2 1 3/5 – TBD PA 25 13 3/5 – TBD

IX / * Winter Storms January 31, 2019

IA 0 0 N/A PA 1 0 3/12 – TBD

IX / **

Winter Storms January 31, 2019

IA 0 0 N/A PA 1 0 3/14 – TBD

* Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians

** Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Declaration Activity: None

National Monitoring

Severe Winter Storm – Central Rockies to Upper Mississippi Valley Current Situation: A major winter storm is impacting a wide area from the Rockies to all of the Plains and the Mississippi Valley and the upper Great Lakes. Blizzard conditions, heavy snow and high winds have caused whiteout conditions, making travel extremely hazardous. Power outages are occurring and there are disruptions to transportation. Blizzard and High Wind Warnings have been issued. Lifeline Impacts: Safety and Security: • CO: Mandatory and voluntary evacuations in effect for a small community (seasonal residents) in

Hinsdale County, CO due to avalanche danger; one home destroyed (Region VIII SPOTREP update 1, as of 11:00 p.m. EDT)

• NE: Evacuations in effect in several counties due to ice jams and rising waters (Region VII SPOTREP update 1, as of 12:45 a.m. EDT)

• IA: Voluntary evacuations in effect for southern portions of Missouri Valley, IA due to levee overtopping (Region VII SPOTREP update 1, as of 12:45 a.m. EDT)

Food, Water, Shelter: • CO: 5 shelters with 154 occupants (ARC, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT) • NE: 2 shelter with 0 occupants (ARC, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT) • IA: 3 shelter with 9 occupants (ARC, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT) • SD: 1 shelter with 15 occupants (ARC, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT) • WY: 1 shelter with 2 occupants (ARC, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT)



Energy: CO: Approximately 131k (down from 174k) customers without power (EAGLE-I, as of 1:30 p.m. EDT) Transportation: • Roads:

o WY: portions of I-80 and seconday roads closed o CO: portions of I-70, I-25, multiple U.S. and state highways and seconday roads closed (Region VIII

SPOTREP update 1, as of 11:00 p.m. EDT) o ND: portions of I-94 and seconday roads closed (Region VIII SPOTREP update 1, as of 11:00 p.m. EDT) o SD: portions of I-90 and seconday roads closed (Region VIII SPOTREP update 1, as of 11:00 p.m. EDT) o NE: portions of I-80 and multiple U.S. Highways and seconday roads closed (Region VII SPOTREP)

• Airports: Approximately 1,000 flights cancelled in and out of Denver International Airport in CO. Airports expected to open today as weather permits. (Region VIII SPOTREP update 1, as of 11:00 p.m. EDT)

State/Local Response: • CO EOC at Partial Activation; Governor declared State of Emergency • WY, UT, SD and MT EOCs at Monitoring • NE EOC at Full Activation (dayshift only); Governor issued a state Emergency Declaration FEMA Response: • Region VIII at Steady State, continues to monitor • Region VII RWC at Steady State, continues to monitor; LNO deploying to NE EOC

Mississippi Valley Flooding Threat: • Moderate to major river flooding is expected to continue for the Mississippi Valley over the next several

weeks, with continuing impacts to low-lying local roads, homes, and businesses • Mississippi river is slightly higher than in 2016 and 1997 • Heavy snowfall, recent snowmelt, additional rainfall, and ice jams are causing minor to moderate flooding

across portions of the Missouri River Basin with several river gauges forecast to crest in major flood stage; impacts are in Nebraska and Iowa

• Some tributaries to the Missouri River near Sioux City, IA are forecast to reach or exceed record flood stage o Portions of the North Folk Elkhorn River, NE (southwest of Sioux City, IA) and West Nishnabotna River

(southeast of Sioux City, IA) are forecast to exceed record flood levels mid to late week o Record flood levels are primarily in rural areas



Weather Outlook

• A slight risk of severe thunderstorms and possible flash flooding are forecast in the Lower Mississippi Valley through today. The thunderstorm threat will move eastward into the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, and additional severe weather is possible along with locally heavy rain and isolated flash flooding.

• Heavy snow and blizzard conditions are likely to continue across the Central/Northern Plains. A swath of 6 to 12 inches of snow is likely into today particularly in central portions of the Dakotas.

Other Hazards



Regional Current Operations & Monitoring FEMA Region I FEMA Region VI Current Operations/Monitoring: No significant activity Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT: Available State EOCs: All states remain at Normal Operations

Current Operations/Monitoring: Severe storms (See above) • Enhanced risk for severe storms for AR • High Wind Warnings/Watches for TX, NM and OK • Elevated fire weather for TX Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT-1: Available • IMAT-2: Deployed to TX (supporting 4416-DR-TX) State EOCs: All states remain at Normal Operations

FEMA Region II FEMA Region VII Current Operations/Monitoring: No significant activity Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT: Available (participating in Vigilant Guard 2019 EX in

Puerto Rico through 3/13) State EOCs: All states remain at Normal Operations

Current Operations/Monitoring: Severe winter storm (See above) • Blizzard and High Wind Warnings for KS and NE Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT: Partially Mission Capable (personnel shortage) • LNO deploying to NE State EOCs: • NE EOC at Full Activation (dayshift only) (winter storm)

FEMA Region III FEMA Region VIII Current Operations/Monitoring: No significant activity Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT: Non-Mission Capable (personnel shortage) State EOCs: All states remain at Normal Operations

Current Operations/Monitoring: Severe winter storm (See above) • Blizzard Warnings for CO, ND, SD, MT and WY • High Wind Warnings for CO and UT • Avalanche Warning for all mountain areas of CO (except

Steamboat Flat Top) through today Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT: Available State EOCs: • CO EOC at Partial Activation (winter storm) • MT, SD, & WY EOCs at Monitoring (winter storm) • UT EOC at Monitoring (flooding)

FEMA Region IV FEMA Region IX Current Operations/Monitoring: Continued river flooding in western TN/MS (See above) Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT-1: Deployed to AL EOC (severe weather/tornado) • IMAT-2: Partially Mission Capable (personnel shortage) • LNO deployed to AL (severe weather/tornado) State EOCs: • GA, MS & TN EOCs at Partial Activation (severe

weather/tornado) • KY EOC at Monitoring (severe weather/flooding)

Current Operations/Monitoring: No significant activity Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT-1: Deployed to CA EOC (wildfires) • IMAT-2: Available State EOCs: All states remain at Normal Operations

FEMA Region V FEMA Region X Current Operations/Monitoring: Severe winter storm (See above) • Blizzard Watch for MN • Flood Watch for MN, WI and MI through Friday Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT: Available State EOCs: All states remain at Normal Operations

Current Operations/Monitoring: No significant activity Regional Posture: Steady State • IMAT: Deployed to AK EOC State EOCs: AK EOC at Partial Activation (earthquake)

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