fema daily headsUp for Friday Aug 21 2026

 National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 20-21, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
• No new significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Southeast, Mid-Atlantic
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central / Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic
• Fire Weather – Pacific Northwest to Central Great Basin
• Tropical Activity
  ○ Atlantic:
      • Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
      • Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
  ○ Central and Eastern Pacific:
      • Hurricane Lala (CAT-2)
      • Tropical Depression Two-C
      • Disturbance 1: Med (50%)
      • Disturbance 2: High (80%)
  ○ Western Pacific:
      • Tropical Storm Saudel

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Expedited Major Disaster Declaration – IN
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – MN
• Amendment No. 1 to FEMA-4922-DR-MS

Event Monitoring:
• Freedom 250 Grand Prix – Washington, D.C.

(no major changes on wildfires - car racing in Wash DC this weekend - cool - Boston could not pull this off a couple of years ago)