FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Friday, September 8, 2017
Significant Activity – Sep 7-8
Significant Events: Response to Harvey; Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Jose
Tropical Activity:
- Atlantic – Hurricane Irma (CAT 4); Hurricane Jose (CAT 3); Hurricane Katia (CAT 1); Disturbance 1 – Low (near 0%)
- Eastern Pacific – No tropical cyclones expected next 5 days
- Central Pacific – No tropical cyclones expected next 5 days
- Western Pacific – Invest 94W - High
Significant Weather:
- Flash flooding Possible – CA, NV, AZ, & UT
- Red Flag Warnings – MT, UT & OR
- Elevated fire weather – MT, ND & SD; isolated dry thunderstorms – ID, MT, NV, UT & WY
- Space weather:
- Past 24 hours: Severe; geomagnetic storms reaching G4 level, solar radiation storms reaching S2 level, and radio blackouts reaching R3 level occurred
- Next 24 hours: Strong; geomagnetic storms reaching G3 level, solar radiation storms reaching S2 level, and radio blackouts reaching R2 level expected
Earthquake Activity: M8.1 off coast of Mexico
Declaration Activity:
- Major Disaster Declaration approved – U.S. Virgin Islands
- Emergency Declaration approved – South Carolina
- Emergency Declaration Request – Georgia
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