Situation Report 2006-16r
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Report Date: 1000 hours January 4, 2007
Event Type: Blizzard
Situation: The Civil Air Patrol is commencing reconnaissance operations looking for stranded motorists and those who remain snowbound in their homes. Once they are located, the National Guard will be contacted for relief operations. The aircraft will be operating from Colorado Highway 389 (as their eastern boundary) and flying west in Las Animas County.
National Guard will continue their agricultural hay lift operation throughout the southeast region. This includes both ground and air assets. Weather (high winds) may become a factor for air operations as the weather front moves into the State later today. Approximately 1,500 bales of hay have been dropped thus far.
CDOT continues its snow plow operations throughout the southeast region. They are also expanding their snow blower and snow plow support to DEM by assisting in the county road effort.
Potential future threat continues to be building collapses due to weight of heavy snow. Walsh Fire Station has partial collapse and potential for complete collapse. Walsh Assisted Care Facility has a partial collapse and a structural engineer is necessary to assess additional threat. Springfield Teen center collapsed last night. Additional concern is residences running out of propane gas. If citizens need to leave homes they can go to the temporary shelter at the Springfield High School. Potential secondary damage from freezing may result.
Current missions:
Supporting Mission type Mission requirement
1. SE AOR Air Operations 1xOH-58, 4xUH-60, 2xUH-1
2. TF Aviation Air Operations Hay lift Support
3. TF 169 South Cargo hauling Support Agriculture
4. TF 169 South Kim - Transport supplies Diesel fuel
5. TF South Hay ground support @ Pueblo Airport
6. TF South WY Airlift C-130 aircraft
7. TF 169 South Supply transport MREs to Trinidad
Highway Status Report - 0800 hours, 04 January 2007
- SH 89 Open to traffic from Holly to SH 116
- SH 96 Open from Pueblo to Kansas state line
- SH 109 One lane open to emergency vehicles only
- SH 116 Open from US 287 Junction to Kansas State line
- SH 194 Open to traffic from La Junta to Las Animas
- US 160 Open from Trinidad to Kansas state line
- US 287 Open
- US 385 Open from US 50 to Burlington
Shelters: Springfield High School is on standby. All previous shelters have closed. WebEOC updated.
Weather Report: Southeast Region
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. West northwest wind between 5 and 15 mph. T onight: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. West wind around 5 mph.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of snow, not much more than an inch. Partly cloudy, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to between 20 and 25 mph. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph after 11am through Saturday. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 10. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. North northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. West northwest wind between 10 - 15 mph up to 25mph.
Agencies Involved: Alpine Search and Rescue, Arapahoe County, Baca County EOC, Bureau of Land Management, Civil Air Patrol, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Colorado Department of Military and Veteran Affairs, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Division of Emergency Management, Colorado Division of Fire Safety, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado State Forest Service, Colorado State Patrol, Colorado State Parks, Eagle County, Elizabeth Fire, FEMA Region VIII, Otero EOC, Jefferson County, Mesa County, Parker Fire, Prowers County EOC, Rocky Mountain Coordination Center, Salvation Army, Summit County.
Requests for Assistance: Continue to look for generators (various sizes) to be deployed to Kansas to assist them with their power outages. (Possible EMAC request)
Misc. Info: CDOT has a website where they post the up-to-the-minute road conditions. http://www.cotrip.org. The upper left hand field is “Travel Information.” Select the 1st entry, “Road Conditions.” This page has a scroll down bar. Select “Report to View”, which will give you a more customized report tailored to your Regions.
DEM Communications continues to monitor DTRS (800MHz), MAC 9 (SE Regional Operations), MAC 10 (South Region Operations), MAC 11 (Military Operations), MAC 13 ( Baca County operations), CAP (Civil Air Patrol). Adding National Law (NLEEC)(VHF) and State Patrol Channel 3
WebEOC information: http://www.dem.state.co.us/eoc6/ Incident name Winter Storm Dec 28.