Brantley County wildfire doubles past 22,000 acres; Moderate Risk severe weather threat targets Mississippi Valley

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

• CDC Measles Cases and Outbreaks (2026 data)

U.S. Department of State

• Travel Advisories

California

• CAL FIRE Carbon Fire incident page

• Forward progress stopped on 200-acre Brea brush fire (CBS LA)

• USGS Earthquake Catalog (Daly City Apr 26 M3.0)

• Two earthquakes strike near Daly City; largest M2.9 (ABC7)

Colorado

• Cooler weather slows growth of Poitrey Canyon Fire (CBS Colorado)

Florida

• A look at Florida’s largest active wildfires (WUFT/WUSF)

• Lynn Haven, FL Rescission of Precautionary Boil Water Notice

• Sand Drain Fire (FLFNF) on InciWeb

Georgia

• Wildfire in Brantley County grows to more than 20,000 Acres (WTOC)

• Highway 82 Fire maps, evacuations, road closures (First Coast News)

• GEMA April 2026 Wildfires page

• Gov. Kemp Declares State of Emergency for South Georgia Wildfires

Hawaii

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

• Office of the Governor (HI): FEMA Affirms Major Disaster Declaration for Hawaiʻi

Maryland & Pennsylvania

• FEMA to Evaluate Readiness for Peach Bottom REP Exercise

Severe Weather (April 27 outbreak)

• Severe storms and tornadoes, multi-day central U.S. outbreak (CNN)

• Multi-day severe weather outbreak forecast for the Plains (EarthSky)

New Mexico

• Gila National Forest Hummingbird Fire Update 4/26/2026 (NM Fire Info)

• Hummingbird Fire prompts evacuations near Gila National Forest (Santa Fe New Mexican)

North Carolina

• Boil water advisory lifted in Kannapolis (WBTV)

Texas

• SPC issues Extremely Critical fire weather outlook for far W TX Panhandle (The Watchers)

Guam & CNMI

• FEMA Emergency Declaration for Guam (Typhoon Sinlaku)

• Joint FEMA-USACE operations underway following Super Typhoon Sinlaku (Army.mil)

• HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency for Guam, CNMI (ASPR)

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