Latest update…
Hurricane Alex
Report
Number: 05
Last
Updated: 6/30/2010 4:49:07 PM
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Date and
Time Covered |
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From:
June 30, 2010/0900
To:
June 30, 2010/1630 |
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Current
Situation |
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Ø Attached is a
photo of our radar view of Alex….lower right hand corner you can clearly see
the “eye.” Ø All counties
reporting they have adequate resources and are fully functional (Cameron,
Hidalgo, Willacy, McMullen) Ø The President did
sign an emergency declaration for Texas (Category B) for 25 counties Ø River Flood
Control reporting massive flooding will take place approximately 12” of rain
expected |
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Weather
Brief |
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Ø Isolated tornado
threat is expected to develop along the middle upper Texas coast and into SW
Louisiana Ø Alex now clocking
90mph winds Ø Storm moving
on-shore from 2100 to midnight tonight Ø Tornado Warning
now issued for Brownsville area Ø Significant rain
fall is expected for deep south Texas (Friday through Saturday) Ø Current radar
indicates a wide band of showers. Many areas are experiencing severe
downpours as well as severe weather up and down the coast of Texas. Alex is
starting to show up on our radar system. |
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Reports |
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ESF1 |
Ø Fuel Teams on
scene and ready to deploy to regional and local needs. Most fuel stations now
closing up shop till post landfall Ø Fuel Teams are now
monitoring terminals and regional fuel systems. Terminals have evacuated all
workers and shut down their plants |
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ESF2 |
Ø Task Force
Communications reporting operating frequency of 147.555 and Hurricane net of
147.300 |
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ESF3 |
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No updates |
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ESF4 |
Ø Reentry Task Force
is staged and operational ready for landfall |
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ESF5 |
Ø Alamo Regional
Command reporting AT&T Communications unit on scene Ø Alamo Regional
Command reporting 8 fuel trucks in place at their location |
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ESF6 |
Ø 67 Shelters now
open (1,742 in shelters at this time…..772 evacuees left Brownsville by bus) Ø 2 Special Shelters
now open one additional was opening at 1500 today Total bed space is now 750
for special needs Ø Federal and State
Con-Calls being conducted twice daily Ø All shelters are
opened, stocked and manned Ø ARC & SA are
fully operational Ø 700 personnel
deployed to handle shelter operations Ø Men’s Baptist
Group on scene and operational Ø Health and Human
Services on scene and fully operational Ø VOAD groups are
now deployed |
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ESF7 |
Ø Texas Forest
Service reporting they are on the ground and fully functional Ø Military Task
Force reporting the same and have adequate personnel to handle any mission
tasking Ø Military Task
Force reporting their aviation branch is fully operational and standing by
with crews |
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ESF8 |
Ø 9 additional
shelter push packs are now mobilized Ø PH, PSA for
communities disaster after land fall being finalized Ø Health Services
and surveillance on-going Ø Vector Control
Plan being finalized for post landfall days 2-10 Ø EMS and EMT all in
place and ready for rapid deployment once landfall Ø Medical coverage
for all shelters are in place |
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ESF9 |
Ø Texas Task Force 1
monitoring situation and will move in for SAR missions upon landfall. Ø Reserve 9-1-1
working but not all citizens have phones so TTF1 went door to door alerting
residents |
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ESF10 |
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No updates |
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ESF11 |
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No updates |
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ESF12 |
Ø Power outages are
on-going numerous reports of various power outages in the Brownsville area at
this time |
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ESF13 |
Ø Texas Ranger Task
Force reporting IMT team on scene and fully functional Ø Texas Ranger Task
Force reporting AT&T Communications is fully operational at their SOC |
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ESF14 |
Ø FEMA Region 6 (R6)
fully operational at Federal SOC nothing new to report at this time |
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ESF15 |
Ø Continue with PSA
for impacted area as well as national updates |
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Comments |
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Next
Update |
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Date:
June 30,
2010
Time: As
needed
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