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<b>From:</b> EOC-Plans <br><b>Date:</b> October 3, 2013, 4:55:24 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> EOC-Plans <br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>SERT Flash Report #1_TS Karen_100313_1645hrs</b><br><br></blockquote><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:Helvetica"></div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 6pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The Florida State Emergency Response Team</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16pt">FLASH Report No. 1</span></b></h1><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 10pt"><b><span style="line-height:24px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16pt">Tropical Storm Karen<br>

</span></b><b><span style="line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">State Emergency Operations Center Level: 2</span></b><b><span style="line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,204,0);font-size:12pt"><br>

</span></b><span style="line-height:13px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt">Thursday, October 3, 2013<br>Published 1645 HRS EDT</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:13px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt"></span> </p>

<span style="line-height:13px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt"><p align="left"></p><font color="#00af4f" size="5"><font color="#00af4f" size="5"><p align="left"></p><p><font color="#00af4f" size="5"><font color="#00af4f" size="5"><strong>Current Situation:</strong></font></font></p>

<font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial"><p><font size="3"><font color="#000000">At 2:00 PM EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Karen was located about 430 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Maximum sustained winds are at 65 mph. Movement is toward the north-northwest at 12 mph. A Hurricane Watch is in now effect along the Florida Panhandle coast from the Florida/Alabama border east to Indian Pass, Florida.</font><strong></strong></font></p>

</font></font><font color="#00af4f"><font color="#00af4f"><p><strong><font size="5">State Actions:</font></strong></p></font></font><p><font color="#000000"><font><strong>•</strong> </font></font><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial"><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial"><font color="#000000">The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) activated to a Level 2 (Partial) at 3:45 PM EDT.</font></font></font></p>

<font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial"></font></font><p><font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial"><font color="#000000">• </font></font></font><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial"><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial"><font color="#000000">Initial staffing this evening will consist of Operations and Planning.</font></font></font></p>

<font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial"></font></font><p><font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial"><font color="#000000">• </font></font></font><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial"><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial"><font color="#000000">Operations with the remaining sections, branches, and Emergency Support Functions will begin at 8:00 AM EDT Friday.</font></font></font></p>

<font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial"></font></font><p><font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial"><font color="#000000">• </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial"><font size="3" face="Arial,Arial">An EM Constellation Database titled "Karen" has been created for this event</font></font><font face="Arial,Arial"><font face="Arial,Arial">.</font></font></font></p>

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<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Robin Retzloff    AF1RE</div><div>Polk County ARES Emergency Coordinator</div><div>407-421-8422 cell</div><div>863-648-2381 home</div><div>AF1RE@ARRL.net</div></div>