Colorado Daily Status Report: April 3

Colorado Daily Status Report:  April 3 

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Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management - DHSEM
Colorado Daily Status Report
*****April 3, 2014*****
Information in this report was gathered before 11:00 AM.
NSTR = Nothing Significant to Report

Alerts/Warnings
National Terrorism Advisory System - No Current Alerts -Website * Twitter * Facebook
National Wildfire Preparedness Level - Level 1 – (Last update March 28) NIFC Sit Report
Rocky Mountain Preparedness Level - Level 1 (Last update March 28) - 7 Day Outlook

SEOC and Other EOC Activations
Duty Officer: (303) 472-4046
Emergency Operations Center (SEOC): Day to Day            

Current Disasters/Large Incidents
Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides: DR-4145 – Recovery Operations


Weather: National Weather Service Update
Colorado Weather Watches/Warnings/Advisories - Website

Last updated: 09:13 MDT on 04-03-2014

Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Elbert, Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet, North Lincoln County
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Kit Carson County; Yuma County
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus; Uncompahgre Plateu, Dallas Divide
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Elkhead and Park Mountains
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Flattops; Grand and Battlement Mesas
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Gore and Elk Mountains, Central Mountain Valleys; Northwestern San Juan Mountains; Southwest San Juan Mountains; West Elk and Sawatch Mountains
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Upper Gunnison River Valley
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft; Teller County, Rampart Range above 7500fT, Pike's Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Northern El Paso County, Monument Ridge, Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft; Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft; La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft; Leadville Vicinity, Lake County Below 11000 Ft; Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft; Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft; Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft; Western Mosquito Range, East Chaffee County above 9000Ft; Western Mosquito Range, East Lake County Above 11000 Ft; Western, Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft; Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Colorado Springs Vicinity, Southern El Paso County, Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Northern Sangre de Christo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft; Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft; Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft; Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft
Urgency: Expected
Status: Actual
Areas affected:Walsenburg Vicinity, Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

East (Goodland) - Website * twitter * Facebook
A precipitation band will continue to progress across the tri-state area in the morning hours, which will bring snow showers and a wintry mix of precipitation as the temperature warms toward mid-morning. Snowfall will turn into rain in the afternoon with high temperatures reaching the upper 30s to lower 40s. North winds will be between 20 and 25 mph. Precipitation will move out of the high plains this evening.

North East (Boulder) - Website * twitter * Facebook
An upper trough will be passing over the state today. Snow will 
be tapering off from the northwest to the southeast through the 
morning. Expect another 1 to 4 inches over the southern foothills 
and areas of the Palmer Divide, with less than 2 inches 
elsewhere. The snow that has fallen and continues to fall is quite 
wet and will produce slushy driving conditions over the plains. 
Travel may be more difficult in the southern foothills where 
around a foot of snow has fallen. 

North winds will pick up today with gusts to 40 mph over the 
plains, however blowing snow should not be much of a concern as 
the snow is quite wet and heavy and temperatures increase to above 
freezing today. 

Skies will clear tonight as weak ridging moves overhead.

South East (Pueblo) - Website * twitter * Facebook
A spring storm will continue to produce snow through most of the region this morning, mainly in the higher elevations and along the I-25 corridor with a mix of rain and snow expected through the eastern plains. Significant snow falls are expected through the mountains and areas from Pueblo county north and west while light to moderate amounts are expected elsewhere. Afternoon temperatures will in the 30s through the mountains while temperatures into the 40s are expected through the plains. For road conditions call 511 and for up to date weather check out our website at www.crh.noaa.gov/pub

West (Grand Junction) - Website * twitter * Facebook
A storm system will exit the region today allowing mountain snow and valley showers to gradually decrease. Weak high pressure will bring warmer and generally dry weather Friday, although a few mountain showers are possible. The next winter storm will enter the area Saturday and last into Monday for another round of mountain snow, valley showers and cooler temperatures.


Additional Colorado Weather Information and Conditions
NWS Reports (TEXT only) * NWS Watches Warnings/Alerts (TEXT Only) * Satellite: Vis | IR | WV * Animated Satellite: Vis | IR | WV * Radar: Current | Animated * Snow Pack * Colorado Earthquake Data


National Significant Weather Outlook       

National Fire Maps

Colorado Fire Restrictions, Bans and Current Fires

Colorado Regional Updates
Field Services Manager - Bruce Holloman - 720-852-6614

Northwest - Chuck Vale - (970) 846-3912 
The Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Exercise (NUWAIX) 2014 will take place in Grand Junction from April 1-3 2014.

West - Drew Petersen - (970) 633-0201 
NSTR

Southwest - Trevor Denney - (970) 247-7674 
NSTR

San Luis Valley - David Osborn 
Monitoring a Winter Storm Warning for Alamosa, Costilla and Conejos County through this afternoon.

South/S East - Riley Frazee - (719) 510-2388  
On 4/2/2014 Huerfano County advised that they had a Wildland Fire that threatened structures near mm 286-290 on Hwy 160.  At approximately 1540 hours the fire was reported as fairly well contained and the units that were on standby were released. The location of the fire was closer to the bottom of La Veta pass than to the intersection of Hwy 12 and 160. This will be the last update to the fire unless something changes and additional updates are needed.

South Central - Paul Eller - (303) 870-6893
NSTR

North Central - Cory Stark - 720-852-6618 
The Denver Front Range area south to Colorado Springs is currently under winter storm warnings and/or winter weather advisories.

North East - Kevin Kuretich - (970) 867-4300 
No incidents to report this morning. The NorthEast Field Manager will be participating in the 2014 Wildland Fire/All Risk Summit in Fort Collins today

Colorado Emergency Support Functions

1- Transportation
These links connects you with CDOT traffic alerts and road conditions, Road conditions/Closures - both planned and non-planned (accidents, etc.) throughout Colorado: * COTRIP (511) * Conditions Map * Road Speed Map *Subscribe to Alerts * Travel Alerts

* DIA Social Networks: * twitter * Facebook

NSTR


2 - TeleCommunications – IT
US-CERT Cyber Alert  Website * Twitter
Apple Releases Security Updates for Safari: Apple released Safari 6.1.3 and Safari 7.0.3 for OS X to address multiple vulnerabilities in WebKit. Software memory corruption issues may lead to information disclosure, unexpected application termination, or arbitrary code execution.
Users and administrators are encouraged to review Apple Support Article HT6181 and apply the necessary updates.

NSTR

3 - Public Works – Engineering
NOAA National Weather Service Flood Guage *

The State of Colorado has developed the following interactive mapping applications to provide a statewide clearinghouse of flood-hazard and related information: Flood Decision Support System * Flood Decision Support System Map

NSTR

4 – Firefighting
Colorado Wildfire Watch App: Android * Apple

NSTR

5 - Emergency Management
24/7 Duty Officer 303-472-4046
SEOC Status: Day to Day Operations – Activation Level Definitions

Day-to-day operations for the SEOC - no activation for the NUWAIX exercise, but staff are available to provide inputs to exercise play if needed.

6 - Mass Care

NSTR


7 - Resource Support

The State Logistics / Resource Management Office continues to manage EMAC Missions in support of Flood Recovery.  The State CRRF Program is in full swing and the Logistics/ Resource Management Office continues to receive Agreements that will be processed and shared prior to the 2014 Wild Fire Season. 

8 - Public Health

The seven-county Denver-metro area's wintertime advisory program ended for another season earlier this week. Consequently, indoor burning is unrestricted and will remain so until the start of next season on November 1.

9 - Search and Rescue

NSTR

10 - Oil and Hazardous Materials

NSTR

11 - Agriculture and Natural Resources

NSTR

12 – Energy

As a result of the winter weather 88 power outages have been reported. These outages have impacted 3,464 customers.

13 - Public Safety/Security

NSTR

15 - Public Information


Colorado National Guard

The Colorado National Guard deployed 16 personnel from the Fatality Search and Recovery Team (FSRT) last Saturday (29 Mar) in support of the Washington State Oso Mudslide. This was an EMAC request from Washington State to Colorado. The duration of support is to be determined based on the recovery effort.

Upcoming Statewide Events (For regional events please see the individual regions)
Statewide Exercises


Region
South
04/03/14
Northeast
04/10/14
Northwest
04/16/14
North Central
04/28/14
North Central
04/29/14
North Central
05/07/14
Northeast
05/08/14
Northwest
05/12/14
North Central
05/19/14
Northeast
05/22/14
Northwest
06/02/14
Northwest
07/08/14


***End of Colorado Daily Status Report***

Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management - DHSEM
9195 E. Mineral Avenue, Suite 200 Centennial, Colorado 80112
Business Hours: (720) 852-6600  Staff Directory 

This daily report is created by the Strategic Communications Team within the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.  Information in this report is pulled from various websites and resources available to the public.  Information is also made available through daily contacts with members of our Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) and Regional Field Managers.  If you have information that you would like to include in this daily report please contact Nathan Hunerwadel, Communications Specialist at (720) 879-2462.