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Dec 12, 20212 min

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

Updated: Jun 14, 2023

SITREP as of DECEMBER 12, 2021

Severe weather impacted the central U.S. on Dec 10 & 11; preliminary reports of 38 tornadoes, 258 wind, and 20 hail reports across multiple states. 18 counties in Kentucky were impacted by tornadic activity and debris fields.

LIFELINE IMPACTS

Safety & Security

  • Damage to two nursing homes and emergency response facilities in AR and TN

  • Factory and distribution center workers trapped in KY and IL, search and rescue operations will resume in the morning

Health & Medical

  • Fatalities/Injuries: KY- 40 confirmed fatalities, 50 unconfirmed fatalities or people unaccounted for, unknown number of injuries; TN – 4 confirmed fatalities, 4 injuries; AR- 2 confirmed fatalities, 18 injuries; MO - 2 confirmed fatalities, 2 unconfirmed fatalities, 9 injuries

Food, Water, & Shelter

  • Shelters: KY-8/188, TN- 3/8 ▪ KY: Water tower in Graves County destroyed, bottled water being delivered; substantial damage to water and waste systems in Hickman County ▪ TN: Boil water advisories in effect in Gibson and Weakley counties

Energy (power outages)

  • Arkanses - 5,000 customers without power statewide

  • Kentucky - 32,800 customers without power statewide

  • Tennessee - 25,500 customers without power statewide

  • Illinois - Minimal power outages reported

  • Missouri - Minimal power outages reported

Communications

  • Kentucky: Six 911 Centers are down, three being rerouted, multiple tower sites on generator power; SatColt (satellite cell on light trucks) and generator deployed to Mayfield.

  • Tennessee: Lake County 911 system down; Obion County only has radio systems and limited cellular coverage

STATE/LOCAL RESPONSE

  • Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas Governors have declared a state of emergency

  • Emergency Operations Centers partially activated in AR, KY, MO, IL & TN.

  • Kentucky National Guard activated

FEDERAL RESPONSE

  • Kentucky federal emergency declaration has been approved; providing emergency protective measures (Category B) for 15 counties.

  • Region IV at Enhanced Watch

  • IMAT-1 deployed to Kentucky

  • Region V, VI, & VII continue to monitor

  • National IMAT Blue deployed to Kentuvky EOC

  • MERS teams and personnel deployed to Kentucky EOC

  • 20 Individual Assistance (IA) House Inspectors staged at Paducah, KY

LOGISTICS

  • 52 generators enroute to Kentucky

  • ISB & SMT deployed to ISB in Ft Campbell, KY

  • Deploying Delta IRR commodities package

  • USAR: IST Blue MRP and equipment cache deployed to KY EOC

  • NIMS Type 3 task force (IN-TF1) deployed to Mayfield, KY

  • USACE: Planning and Response Team (PRT) providing support

Source Agency (FEMA, US Department of Homeland Security)

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Incident Number

2-211211-7702

Alert Type

Critical Incident Notification

Incident Type

Severe Weather

Incident Occurred

December 11, 2021

Alert Posted

December 13, 2021

Location

Central United States

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