FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Saturday, September 9, 2017
Significant Activity – Sep 8-9
Significant Events: Response to Harvey; Response/ Preparations for Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Jose
Tropical Activity:
- Atlantic – Hurricane Irma (CAT 4); Hurricane Jose (CAT 3); Tropical Depression Katia; Disturbance 1 – Low (10%)
- Eastern Pacific – No tropical cyclones expected next 5 days
- Central Pacific – No tropical cyclones expected next 5 days
- Western Pacific – No systems threatening U.S. Territories
Significant Weather:
- Flash flooding Possible – CA, NV, AZ, and UT
- Severe thunderstorms due to Hurricane Irma for southern FL; Flash flooding possible for coastal FL and GA
- Red Flag Warnings – ID and MT
- Elevated fire weather – MT; 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 R2 level occurred
- Next 24 hours: Moderate; geomagnetic storms reaching G2 level, solar radiation storms reaching S1 level, and radio blackouts reaching R2 level expected
Earthquake Activity: No significant activity
Declaration Activity:
- Emergency Declaration approved – Georgia and Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Amendment #3 to FEMA-4317-DR-MO
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