Episode Details

Today’s EM Morning Brief covers a Storm Prediction Center Moderate Risk for severe weather across Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee with strong tornado potential, three large active wildfires (Highway 82 in Georgia, Hummingbird in New Mexico, and Poitrey Canyon in Colorado), Extremely Critical fire weather across far western Texas and eastern New Mexico, the latest USGS update on Kīlauea, the Peach Bottom radiological exercise opening this week, and continuing recovery operations in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands following Typhoon Sinlaku. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast.

Takeaways:

* The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for multiple states due to severe weather conditions.

* Supercells are anticipated to develop today, potentially producing strong long track tornadoes and damaging winds.

* Critical fire weather warnings have been issued for parts of Texas and New Mexico, with severe drought conditions persisting.

* The CDC is actively monitoring a resurgence of measles, with nearly two thousand cases reported across numerous states.

* Emergency preparedness exercises are currently underway in Maryland and Pennsylvania, focusing on nuclear facility readiness.

* Significant wildfire activity is ongoing in several states, with mandatory evacuations in effect in Georgia.

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Sources

Storm Prediction Center / NWS

• SPC Apr 27, 2026 Day 1 Convective Outlook

• SPC Apr 26, 2026 Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook

DHS / CISA

• DHS National Terrorism Advisory System

• CISA Cybersecurity Alerts & Advisories

• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

FEMA

• FEMA to Evaluate Readiness of Pennsylvania and Maryland (Peach Bottom REP exercise)

• Residents of Maui, Hawaiʻi and Honolulu Counties Impacted by March Kona Low Can Apply for FEMA Assistance

• President Approves Emergency Declaration for Guam (Typhoon Sinlaku)

USGS

• USGS Volcano Notice for Kīlauea (Apr 26, 2026)

• Kīlauea Volcano Updates

NIFC / InciWeb

• Incident Management Situation Report, Sunday, April 26, 2026

• NIFC National Fire News

• Sand Drain Fire (FLFNF) on InciWeb

CDC / Public Health

• CDC Health Alert Network archive

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