Flash Report

No: 65 Emergency Management, October 22, 2010

Operational Period: 0700 – 1700 EST
FRANKLIN COUNTY EOC: Current Level 3.
STATE of FLORIDA EOC: Current Level 3, monitoring.

Reported to Florida State Watch Office:

No reported incidents on October 20.
Operational Overview:
 National Resource Assessment and Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission has been monitoring Piping Plover (bird), turtle and
Beach Mouse habitat/activity and has reduced beach operating areas that the Deepwater Horizon personnel can inspect and
clean so as to not interfere with the wild life.
 Because of Turtle nesting and hatching, all UTVs are required to utilize a drag device to smooth sand behind the UTV to
prevent tire tracks from interfering with turtle movement to water after hatching.
Scheduled BP Operations Florida Branch – Port St Joe Division Beach Cleaning Teams:
 Alpha 1 – Inspect and clean St George Island East SCAT Segments: FC-2 (039-057).
 Alpha 2 - Inspect and clean St George Island West SCAT Segments: FC-2 (021-030).
o This Operations Plan will be executed within operational, weather and safety guidelines.
Operational accomplishments on October 21, Franklin County:
 Alpha 1 – Inspected and cleaned St George Island, East FC-2 (039-057) and FC-3 (001-021): 17 weathered tarballs (7. 4oz),
8 pieces of oily debris (2.4 oz) and 1.5 bag s of trash (15lbs).
 Alpha 3 – Inspected and cleaned Alligator Point and Ochlockonee Bay FC-4 (066-085)): 18 weathered tarballs (1#15.6 oz), 0
pieces of oily debris and 1 bag of trash (11 lbs).
Weather situation:
Tropical Storm Richard:
AT 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RICHARD WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH
...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST. RICHARD HAS BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT A SLOW WEST-
WARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND RICHARD COULD BECOME A HURRICANE OVER THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM...TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER DATA IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

Other Tropical Activity:

1. A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS IS
PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE ONLY
MARGINALLY CONDUCIVE FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DISTURBANCE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND A LESS
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED AFTER THAT TIME. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...30 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM
BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST OR NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

2. SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 1000
MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
DISTURBANCE...AND THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING
THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

Prepared By: Tom Smith/Tom Smith Approved By: Cary Tear, Project Manager