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National Situation Update: Friday, November 13, 2009

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED).

Significant National Weather

Northeast
Wind and rain will continue along the eastern mid-Atlantic, southeast New York, and southernmost New England states today. The Jersey and Del-Mar-Va coasts will see northeasterly wind gusts over 40 mph.
Additional rainfall from 1 to 3 inches will cause continued coastal flooding, beach erosion, and waves possibly over 20 feet. The strong east coast storm will move eastward farther off the Carolina coast on Saturday with the rain, wind, coastal flooding and beach erosion lessening greatly. The storm will also move from the eastern mid-Atlantic into the Hudson Valley and New England. The storm will then move out to sea on Sunday leaving only lingering showers in the State of Maine.
South
Even though the worst of the storm will be further north, eastern North Carolina will see showers and wind today. The remainder of the South will be dry on Saturday. A cold front moving from the southern Plains will bring showers and a few thunderstorms over the south-central states on Sunday and Monday.
West
A storm moving over the region will bring showers and mountain snow to the Four Corners states. A new cold front will move into the Northwest bringing more rain and mountain snow. The new storm will also bring snow to the Rockies and high Plains of Colorado, including Denver, on Saturday; temperatures in these areas will be 5 to 15 degrees below average. The storm in the Rockies will bring snow to eastern Utah, northeast Arizona, northern New Mexico, Colorado and southeast Wyoming on Sunday; temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average. The second storm in the Rockies will continue to bring rain and mountain snow to the western portions of Washington and Oregon on Monday. Also on Sunday a third new storm off the Pacific Northwest coast will bring heavy rain and mountain snow to the western portions of Washington and Oregon.
Midwest
A cold front extending from Minnesota to Kansas will bring showers today. The cold front will extend from the western Great Lakes to the south-central Plains on Saturday; temperatures will be 5 to 15 degrees above average ahead of the cold front. The cold front will then move into the eastern Great Lakes to the southern Plains on Sunday bringing increased showers from the southern Great lakes to the central Plains. A storm will center over the central states from Nebraska, southern Minnesota and southern Wisconsin to the northwest Gulf Coast on Monday; temperatures will be 5 to 15 degrees below average in the central and southern Plains but above average north and east of the storm.
(NOAA’s National Weather Service, Various Media Sources) 

East Coast Nor’Easter

• Region II is monitoring
• New Jersey EOC has activated at Level III
• Cape May County, New Jersey has declared a local emergency for coastal flooding
• Voluntary evacuations are in effect for local coastal residents
• No requests for Federal assistance

• Region III is monitoring
• LNO has been deployed to the Maryland EOC
• Delaware’s Governor has declared a State of Emergency to marshal state resources if needed
• Virginia Governor declared a State of Emergency on November 11 to marshal state resources if needed
• Seven counties declared local emergencies
• Virginia EOC activated at Response Operations
• LNO deployed to Virginia EOC
• Chief Medical Examiner has associated two fatalities to the storm
• 173,031 customers without power
• Seven shelters opened in Hampton Roads – population unknown
• 25 primary roads and 172 secondary roads are closed
• Midtown Tunnel (US 58) between Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA is closed
• Chesapeake  Bay Bridge Tunnel (US 13) is under Level 3 wind restrictions – closed to certain vehicles
• Jamestown-Scotland Ferry (VA 31) closed due to high winds
• Swift Water Rescue Teams are on stand-by
• No requests for Federal assistance

• Region IV is monitoring
• The states of North Carolina and South Carolina are monitoring
• The Coast Guard has set port conditions
• Port of Baltimore – port status is restricted
• Port of Hampton Roads – port status is closed

NOAA Deploys New 'Smart Buoy' off Annapolis

Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)

Tropical Weather Outlook

Atlantic
The remnants of Ida are still causing moderate to heavy rains across eastern Virginia, eastern Maryland, Delaware, southern New Jersey, and central North Carolina. Flood Warnings continue for areas from Alabama and the Florida Panhandle northeast through the Carolinas and southern Virginia. Flood and Flash Flood Watches and Advisories remain in effect for portions of eastern Virginia and Maryland into Delaware.
Coastal Flood Watches and Warnings are in effect from eastern North Carolina northward to Long Island. Gale, High Wind, and Storm Warnings are in effect from eastern North Carolina northward to New Jersey. Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.
Eastern Pacific
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.
Central Pacific
No tropical cyclones are expected through Saturday afternoon.
Western Pacific 
No activity threatening United States Territories.(NOAA, HPC, National Hurricane Center, Central Pacific Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center) 

Earthquake Activity

On November 13, 2009 at 10:05 p.m. EST, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred offshore of Chile, 60 miles south of Arica, Chile and 970 miles north of Santiago, Chile at a depth of 6.2 miles. There were no reports of damage or injury or tsunami being generated. (FEMA HQ) 

Preliminary Damage Assessments

No new activity (FEMA HQ)

Wildfire Update

Disaster Declaration Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)