Hurricane Alex

 

Report Number: Final Report                                                                                           Last Updated: 7/1/2010 3:34:08 PM

Date and Time Covered

 

From:              June 30, 2010/1630                To: July 1, 2010/1530

Current Situation

 

Ø  Now downgraded to a tropical storm (winds still at 40mph) however he came on shore as a Category II

Ø  Additional rainfall is expected to produce 2-4” more inches in Southern Texas

Ø  Task Force Recovery Team in now in place assisting residents with repatriation

Ø  Intrastate Conference calls from this point forward

Ø  River Task Force will monitor situation very closely and issue flash flood warning and watches through the weekend

Ø  Currently Alex is over central Mexico and reporting heavy rains

Weather Brief

 

Ø  Continued storms and activity moving north through Texas. Current storm is tracking near Waco. Oklahoma extreme S/W has seen shower activity all morning and most of these showers have moved as far north as Mangum and Hobart area. Scattered showers and isolated storms will continue to develop this afternoon as far north as Beaver County/Woodward area.

Ø  Additional Tornado and extreme weather conditions are possible through tonight in Southern Texas

Reports

ESF1

·        Standing down with their resources

ESF2

·        Communications equipment is still in place and will continue to be left at staging areas till Tuesday

ESF3

·        Public Works is in the process of standing down equipment and resources except for barriers in flood prone areas

ESF4

·        Task Force is standing down

ESF5

·        Will transition to Long Term Recovery (ESF14) at this time although they will remain operational at Level II over the weekend

ESF6

·        Shelter operations are closing final counts will be forwarded to me next week and I will place in the DRB

ESF7

·        All operational resources are standing down however many will remain on scene through the holiday or until full damage reports are finalized

ESF8

·        Standing down, no significant damage to their healthcare system. Rick will send half his team home for the weekend

ESF9

·        All Search and Rescue efforts are not completed

ESF10

·        Monitoring the situation through the weekend due to hazardous material in the flood waters

ESF11

·        Operations standing down

ESF12

·         Power outages till on-going and all personnel will work until power is fully restored in the impacted area

ESF13

·        Continued presence through the holiday and week.

·        Rangers Task Force will resume normal duties

·        Military Task Force will continue to augment civil authorizes

ESF14

·        FEMA and State Emergency Management now take over for long term recovery efforts and the Emergency Declaration that was issued.

ESF15

·        JIS/JIC remains in place

Comments

 

Texas dodged the major bullet when the storm passed to the south. This is a good reminder that our 2010 Hurricane season has started off very active. We need to fully prepare for storms of our own. As Oklahoma has seen in the past these storms can quickly reform over Oklahoma (remember Tropical Storm Erin) and impact us with major flooding and damage. You have the family together this weekend so now is a good time to practice preparedness plans with them.

Next Update

 

Date:    No additional updates on this incident. I will post damage reports on the Daily Brief