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Dec 12, 20212 min

Situation Report for Severe Weather impacting Central U.S. (12/11/21)

Updated: Jun 14, 2023

SITREP as of DECEMBER 11, 2021

Severe weather impacted the central U.S. overnight; preliminary reports of 26 tornadoes, 118 wind, and 20 hail reports across 7 states (AR, MO, IL, TN, KY, IN, and TX). Tornado touchdowns in Defiance, MO; Monette and Truman, AR; city of Edwardsville and Coles and Moultrie counties, IL; Samburg, TN and Mayfield, KY. At least 17 counties in KY were impacted by tornadic activity and debris fields.

LIFELINE IMPACTS

Safety & Security

  • Damage to nursing homes and some emergency response facilities have been reported in AR and TN

  • Factory and distribution center workers have been reported trapped in KY and IL

  • Debris blocking local fire departments and police stations is hampering search & rescue operations locally across KY

Health & Medical

  • Unconfirmed fluctuating numbers of fatalities and injures reports across multiple states (KY, MO, AR, TN) and suspected entrapments at some facilities.

Energy (power outages)

  • Arkanses - 24,700 customers without power statewide

  • Kentucky - 92,000 customers without power statewide

  • Tennessee - 133,700 customers without power statewide

  • Illinois - Minimal power outages reported

  • Missouri - Minimal power outages reported

Transportation

  • Debris on some transportation routes hindering response efforts across impacted areas

Communications

  • No reports of widespread communication outages, although there are some local outages. Verizon is reporting some impacts. No reported loss of 911 services in the impacted areas.

STATE/LOCAL RESPONSE

  • Arkanses Emergency Operations Center at full activation

  • Missouri Emergency Operations Center at partial activation

  • Tennessee Emergency Operations Center at partial activation

  • Kentucky Emergency Operations Center at partial activation.

  • The Kentucky Governor has declared a state of emergency; activated the National Guard and requested an emergency activation of a federal incident management team (IMAT). The request has been approved and IMAT-1 is deploying to Kentucky.

FEDERAL RESPONSE

  • Regional IV at Enhanced Watch; IMAT-1 deploying to Kentucky

  • Region VI at Enhanced Watch

  • Region V continue to monitor

  • N-IMAT Blue on standby

FORECASTED WEATHER

Source Agency (FEMA, US Department of Homeland Security)

Alerting Agency: OnsceneALERT.com

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Incident Number

2-211211-7701

Alert Type

Critical Incident Notification

Incident Type

Severe Weather

Incident Occurred

December 11, 2021

Alert Posted

December 12, 2021

Location

Central United States

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