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National Situation Update: Sunday, January 14, 2007

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED).

National Weather Summary

Midwest
The Ohio Valley and southern Missouri 2 to 4 additional inches of rain.  Ice in Springfield, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri and Springfield, Illinois.  Sleet and freezing rain will fall from Kansas to southern Michigan. Later today into Monday, a 2-to-5-inch snow from Kansas to Lower Michigan.

South
A mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow for western Texas and freezing rain to central and northern Texas.
Oklahoma a mix of sleet and freezing rain with a few inches of snow.  Heavy rain will over eastern Texas, southeast Oklahoma, Arkansas, western Tennessee, northwest Mississippi and northern Louisiana. Arkansas could see 3 to 6 inches of additional rain while locations in Texas between San Antonio and Texarkana could reach 10 inches. New record highs could be set from Virginia to central Florida.

Northeast
Rain will continue across the northern Mid-Atlantic, southeast New York and southernmost New England. A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain across northernmost Pennsylvania, Upstate New York and New England from interior Massachusetts northward. Snow near the Canadian border.

West
The snow will end over Utah and the mountains of Arizona, Colorado and northern New Mexico. Record lows possible in California.(NWS, Media Sources)

Severe Weather

Arkansas
Heavy rains 2 to 4 inches with 6 inches locally, NOAA issued flash flood warnings.

Missouri
Central and eastern freezing drizzle or light snow.  NOAA issued a ice storm warning.  Governor declared a state of emergency.

Texas
Eastern - Heavy rain 2 to 4 inches with 6 inches locally.
North Central - Freezing mixed precipitation.  NOAA issued ice storm warning.
Western - Freezing mixed precipitation through 7 am EST.

Oklahoma
Eastern- Heavy icing ¼ to 1 ¼ inches.  NOAA issued a winter storm warning for western, and an ice storm warning for eastern.  All roads extremely hazardous, travel is discouraged on state highways.
All counties under Governor's state of emergency declaration.  19 Shelters established more to open due to weather and power outages.  92,450 customers without electrical power.  Emergency declaration possible for water and power generators.

Kansas
State EOC stood down.  No severe weather anticipated at this time.

California
Freeze warning issued for central and southern areas.  Governor Schwarzenegger proclaimed a statewide emergency due to extreme cold.

New Mexico
Freeze warning issued

Tropical Weather Outlook

No new activity (FEMA HQ)

Earthquake Activity

Kuril Islands
An series of seven earthquakes measuring 5.5 to 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred Saturday 13 January 2007 in the Kuril Island region of Russia. 

Alaska
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake, occurred Saturday 13 January at 8:56 pm EST 24 miles west Atka, Alaska.
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake, occurred Saturday 13 January at 5:02 pm EST 262 miles west of Mosquito Lake, Alaska. No damage or injuries reported.  (USGS, Earthquake Hazards Program, Alaska Earthquake Information Center, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Centers)

Preliminary Damage Assessments

No new activity (FEMA HQ)

Disaster Declaration Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)