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National Situation Update: Monday, June 5, 2006

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED).

Southwest Still Experiencing Record Temperatures

West: High heat will continue to scorch the Southwest Monday with temperatures in the low deserts of Southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico reaching the 100s and 110s. In the Pacific Northwest, comfortable high temperatures in the 60s, 70s and 80s will prevail. Highs in the 90s will bake California's San Joaquin Valley and parts of the Sacramento Valley. 

Midwest: Showers and thunderstorms will dot the Plains, parts of the Upper Midwest and portions of the lower Missouri Valley Monday. Scattered severe storms may rumble over the eastern half of the Dakotas and adjacent areas of Minnesota and Iowa. A few additional severe thunderstorms could pop up southward into Nebraska, Kansas and northwest Missouri by evening. High temperatures, meanwhile, will be near to above seasonal averages with readings in the 70s and 80s common in the Midwest, 80s and 90s on the Great Plains.

Northeast: Isolated showers and thundershowers from Maine to Virginia Monday. Rainfall totals, however, should be light with southeast Virginia likely to see the greatest concentration of activity. Due to low pressure aloft over the region, high temperatures are forecast to be near to somewhat below seasonal averages.

South: An amplifying upper-air system will trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms along the Southeast coast Monday from eastern North Carolina to Florida. Farther west, scattered showers and thunderstorms may also affect eastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas. High temperatures are expected to range from the comfortable 70s in North Carolina and eastern Tennessee to the sizzling 100s in western Texas and parts of western Oklahoma. Most of the Deep South will enjoy readings in the 80s with the 90s confined to areas close to the Gulf Coast. (NWS, Media Sources)

FEMA Factoid:

Since 1953 there has been a total of 1644 Major Disaster Declaration in United States and its territories.  The state of Texas has had the most declarations with 77 and the territory of Palau has had the least with one (1). (FEMA)

Tropical Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)

Earthquake Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)

Preliminary Damage Assessments

No new activity (FEMA HQ)

Wildfire Update

Current Situation: (Data reported as of Sunday, June 4, 2006 - 0600 EDT.) Initial attack activity was light nationally with 60 new fires reported. Three new large fires were reported, two in the Southwest Area and one in the Southern California Area. One large fire was contained in the Southern California Area. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Texas.

National Preparedness Level is 2 (On a scale of 1 to 5)

Red Flag Warning: A red flag warning remains in effect from Monday for the Florida big bend and eastern Florida panhandle for low relative humidity. A fire weather watch remains in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening for the Florida big bend and eastern Florida panhandle for low relative humidity. (National Interagency Fire Center, NWS, Storm Prediction Center)

Disaster Declaration Activity

No new activity (FEMA HQ)