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Public Radar Outages Hamper Weather Data Delivery · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Monday, October 5, 2026.
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  Cedric: A record October heat wave over Southern California is driving the day's largest life safety operation.
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  Cedric: The Bouquet Fire in the Angeles National Forest, eight miles northeast of Saugus, holds at 1,048 acres with 48 percent containment, and Los Angeles County keeps Level 3 evacuation orders in place for three zones and Level 2 warnings for
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  Cedric: seven more.
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  Cedric: A shelter is open at the Castaic Sports Complex, Bouquet Canyon Road is closed from Spunky Canyon to Vasquez Canyon, and the Angeles National Forest has closed two off highway vehicle areas.
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  Cedric: Fire managers list residences and energy infrastructure as threatened, and project increased activity as daytime temperatures climb.
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  Cedric: The National Interagency Fire Center holds the national preparedness level at 2 while rating Southern California at level 3, with Bouquet logged as the only new large incident in the country.
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  Cedric: Heavy rain is the second front.
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  Cedric: Flash flood warnings run this morning across the western Florida Panhandle, southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia, where radar and gauges show two to six inches already down and rates reaching four inches an hour in the heaviest cells.
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  Cedric: Foley, Alabama has closed East Michigan Avenue downtown and restricted two County Road 12 intersections after a vehicle drove into deep water.
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  Cedric: The National Hurricane Center gives a developing surface trough in the southwestern Gulf a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression within seven days, with a turn northward toward the coast later in the week.
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  Cedric: On the federal side, CISA added CVE-2026-88779, an out of bounds write in Citrix NetScaler, to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, setting a federal civilian remediation deadline of Wednesday, October 7.
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  Cedric: The State Department issued a security alert for the West Bank, where checkpoints close today and again Wednesday, with entry into Israel limited to medical and humanitarian cases.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Alabama.
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  Cedric: Southeast and coastal Alabama are the operational center of the Gulf Coast rain event.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service reports three to six inches already fallen across central Coffee and northwestern Dale counties, naming Elba, Enterprise, Ozark, New Brockton and Fort Rucker, and carries flash flood warnings this morning for parts of Coffee, Dale, Geneva,
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  Cedric: Henry and Houston counties.
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  Cedric: A flood watch for Mobile and Baldwin counties runs to midday.
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  Cedric: In Foley, police closed East Michigan Avenue and restricted traffic at two County Road 12 intersections, and the city is issuing sandbags from its former public works facility.
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  Cedric: The Alabama Emergency Management Agency also flags a communications problem for responders and the public.
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  Cedric: Public radar data delivery has been down for more than 24 hours on the corridor from New Orleans through Mobile to Tallahassee, including the radars at Fort Rucker and Eglin Air Force Base, which is degrading radar imagery on commercial
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  Cedric: websites and apps.
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  Cedric: Restoration timing is undetermined.
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  Cedric: The radars themselves are operating and the Weather Service retains the feeds it needs to issue warnings.
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  Cedric: Alaska.
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  Cedric: The Alaska Volcano Observatory keeps Great Sitkin at Watch with aviation color code Orange as slow lava effusion inside the summit crater continues, and holds Shishaldin and Gareloi at Advisory.
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  Cedric: In the Copper River Basin, the Weather Service carries a dense fog advisory with visibility down to a quarter mile, and warns of a wintry mix and patchy black ice on the Glenn and Richardson highways from Glennallen west to
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  Cedric: Mendeltna.
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  Cedric: Arizona.
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  Cedric: An extreme heat watch covers Yuma through Thursday evening as the Southwest heat event expands east of the Colorado River.
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  Cedric: California.
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  Cedric: Beyond the Bouquet Fire, the heat wave is now a statewide problem.
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  Cedric: Eight Southern California cities set daily records Saturday, Vista reached 108 degrees to tie an all time high first set in June 1985, and roughly 37 million Californians were under heat alerts Sunday.
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  Cedric: Extreme heat warnings for the Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego county zones run through Thursday evening, with a separate warning for Death Valley National Park below 2,000 feet calling for highs near 110
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  Cedric: degrees and overnight lows near 85.
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  Cedric: New heat advisories now reach the Sacramento Valley foothills, interior Mendocino and Lake counties, the North Bay and the San Joaquin Valley.
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  Cedric: Cal Fire is tracking two new starts from the weekend.
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  Cedric: The Harford Fire in Perris, Riverside County, has burned 54 acres, and the Slink Fire near Topaz in Mono County has burned 196 acres along Highway 395.
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  Cedric: The Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park stands at 6,826 acres and 40 percent containment with area, road and trail closures in effect.
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  Cedric: Along the coast, beach hazards statements warn of three to six foot surf, dangerous rip currents and high tides near seven feet, with minor evening coastal flooding possible from Long Beach and Avalon Harbor through the Malibu and Ventura shoreline
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  Cedric: later in the week.
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  Cedric: We have more to cover this morning, but first, a quick word from our sponsors.
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  Cedric: Now, back to this morning’s updates.
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  Cedric: Florida.
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  Cedric: The Panhandle is taking the heaviest rain.
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  Cedric: A flash flood warning covers southern Okaloosa and southeastern Santa Rosa counties, where two to three inches have fallen around Destin and Okaloosa Island, with Fort Walton Beach, Niceville and Eglin Air Force Base inside the warning area.
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  Cedric: A flood advisory adds Bay, northwestern Gulf, southwestern Walton and southern Washington counties with water over roadways.
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  Cedric: River response is next.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service expects the Shoal River near Crestview to pass its eight foot flood stage late this evening and crest at 8.4 feet Tuesday morning, putting water in yards on Sowel Road in Okaloosa County.
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  Cedric: In the northeast, a flood warning covers the St.
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  Cedric: Mary's River at Macclenny, where 14 feet floods the lower half of St.
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  Cedric: Mary's River Bluff Road and cuts access to 15 to 20 homes, and a flood watch runs through this evening for Baker, Duval, Nassau, Columbia and Hamilton counties.
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  Cedric: In the Keys, a coastal flood statement through midday warns of saltwater on low elevation streets and overtopped seawalls and docks at high tide.
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  Cedric: Georgia.
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  Cedric: Southwest Georgia sits inside the same system.
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  Cedric: A flash flood warning covers Clay, Quitman and Randolph counties this morning, and flood advisories report two to three inches already down with water over roadways around Dawson, Bronwood and Parrott in Randolph and Terrell counties.
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  Cedric: A flood watch holds through this evening for 24 southwest Georgia counties including Dougherty, Lee, Early, Mitchell, Thomas and Lowndes.
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  Cedric: Charlton County is also inside the St.
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  Cedric: Mary's River flood warning, where the Georgia side of St.
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  Cedric: Mary's River Bluff Road is the access route at risk.
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  Cedric: Hawaii.
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  Cedric: Kilauea stays at Watch with aviation color code Orange.
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  Cedric: The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports strong glow and flames continuing at the summit vents and ongoing earthquake activity beneath Halemaumau, with activity confined to the summit.
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  Cedric: Louisiana.
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  Cedric: A flood watch covered Orleans, Jefferson, St.
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  Cedric: Bernard, Plaquemines, St.
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  Cedric: Charles, St.
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  Cedric: John the Baptist, St.
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  Cedric: Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes through midnight as one to three inches of rain moved across the southeast corner of the state.
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  Cedric: Mississippi.
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  Cedric: A flash flood warning covered southern Lauderdale County, including Meridian, Marion and Toomsuba, where one to three inches fell Sunday afternoon with as much again in the forecast.
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  Cedric: Missouri.
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  Cedric: Missouri River flooding is producing closures.
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  Cedric: The river at Boonville read 23.5 feet Sunday afternoon against a 21 foot flood stage and is forecast near 25.2 feet this morning, a level at which farm levees overtop and Easley River Road floods.
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  Cedric: Both access roads to Cooper's Landing south of Columbia are expected to close, and the business has deployed newly installed flood gates.
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  Cedric: Minor to moderate flooding is also forecast on the Missouri at Hermann, Jefferson City and Glasgow and on the Grand River near Brunswick and Sumner.
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  Cedric: Montana.
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  Cedric: A red flag warning runs to 8 p.m.
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  Cedric: for the Gallatin National Forest and Wheatland, Park and Sweet Grass counties, with west winds to 35 miles an hour, humidity as low as 12 percent and temperatures near 87 degrees.
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  Cedric: Nebraska.
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  Cedric: Omaha flood recovery is in its mass care phase.
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  Cedric: The City of Omaha reports 123 homes have lost Metropolitan Utilities District service because of floodwater levels, cutting gas and heating, and a shower trailer opens today from 7 a.m.
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  Cedric: to 7 p.m.
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  Cedric: near Karen Pool for residents without running water.
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  Cedric: The Salvation Army served 500 meals Sunday night and has distributed more than 1,000 cleanup kits, and a supply point at Karen Western Elementary School is handing out disinfectant, N95 masks, gloves and more than 250 cases of trash bags
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  Cedric: with five dumpsters on site.
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  Cedric: Residents are holding damaged property for FEMA inspection while the state's federal assistance request remains pending.
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  Cedric: Nevada.
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  Cedric: The Bull Fire 15 miles west of Reno stands at 1,529 acres and 40 percent containment with structures threatened and area, road and trail closures in effect, after a reduction in reported acreage from more accurate mapping.
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  Cedric: Texas.
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  Cedric: A coastal flood advisory runs through Tuesday evening for the Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg and Nueces barrier islands, with water to the dune line making beach driving difficult and some roads subject to closure at high tide.
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  Cedric: Washington.
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  Cedric: The Sisi Fire on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, 10 miles northwest of Stehekin, stands at 4,352 acres and 29 percent containment with moderate fire behavior, residences threatened and area, road and trail closures in effect.
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  Cedric: Wyoming.
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  Cedric: Red flag warnings run from midday to 6 p.m.
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  Cedric: across Fremont, Natrona and Sweetwater counties and the southeast corner of the state, with humidity as low as 10 percent, gusts to 35 miles an hour and guidance against outdoor burning.
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  Cedric: Puerto Rico.
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  Cedric: A heat advisory runs from 10 a.m.
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  Cedric: to 3 p.m.
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  Cedric: for coastal areas, lowlands, interior valleys and urban zones.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service in San Juan also carried a flash flood warning for Fajardo and Ceiba Sunday afternoon, with the Fajardo River at flood stage at 6.66 feet and PR-3, PR-53 and PR-195 identified as affected routes.
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  Cedric: U.S.
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  Cedric: Virgin Islands.
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  Cedric: The same San Juan heat advisory covers St.
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  Cedric: Thomas, St.
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  Cedric: John, the adjacent islands and St.
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  Cedric: Croix from 10 a.m.
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  Cedric: to 3 p.m.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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  Cedric: Stay Safe.