Northern Plains tornado and flooding threat persists; Mid-Atlantic and Northeast heat builds; CISA adds two exploited vulnerabilities and Southwest Red Flag Warnings spread.
Episode 189 •
10th June 2026 • EM Morning Brief • Brian Colburn
Today’s brief covers a continuing severe weather and flash flooding threat across the northern and central Plains, a Tornado Watch reaching from North Dakota into northwestern Minnesota, and building hazardous heat from the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast with a New York City Heat Advisory. We track the national fire picture at Preparedness Level 2 with 11 uncontained large fires, Red Flag Warnings across the Southwest, and the Seven Cabins Fire holding at 94 percent containment. We also note two new CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, three industrial control systems advisories, a paused Kilauea eruption, and FEMA assistance deadlines in Washington and Hawaii. 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.
Key Takeaways
• Severe weather: A Tornado Watch and Enhanced Risk covered eastern North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota, and northwestern Minnesota, with very large hail, 75 mph or greater winds, and tornadoes; the Plains threat and a flash flooding concern continue Wednesday.
• Heat: A Heat Advisory is posted for New York City through Thursday with heat index values up to 100, and record highs are possible from Richmond to the Northeast late week.
• Wildfire: NIFC reports Preparedness Level 2 and 11 uncontained large fires; Red Flag Warnings cover southern Nevada, northwestern Arizona, the Navajo Nation, and Utah West Desert zones.
• New Mexico: The Seven Cabins Fire is 94 percent contained at about 31,800 acres with no evacuations and a command transition to a Type 3 team.
• Cyber: CISA added two actively exploited vulnerabilities (Check Point Security Gateway and BerriAI LiteLLM) on June 8 and released three ICS advisories, including Siemens KACO inverters, on June 9.
• Volcano: Kilauea is paused at ADVISORY following episode 48; episode 49 fountaining is forecast June 12 to 15.
• FEMA: Washington December storm Individual Assistance closes June 10; Hawaii Kona Low assistance for Honolulu and Maui runs through June 14.
Severe weather leads the national picture the Storm Prediction center carries a threat for severe thunderstorms across the northern and Central Plains with the potential for very large hail, damaging winds of 75 mph or greater and tornadoes a few, possibly strong.
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The Tuesday round centered on eastern North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota and northwestern Minnesota under a tornado watch and the threat continues into Wednesday.
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Heavy to excessive rainfall raises a flooding concern for parts of North Dakota and Minnesota along the I29 and I94 corridors and from the Ohio Valley into the Southeast.
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At the same time, hazardous heat is building across the Midwest and Mid Atlantic with the National Weather Service posting a heat advisory for New York City heat index values up to 100 and numerous record highs possible by late week from Richmond through Washington and into the Northeast.
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On the fire front, the National Interagency Fire center reports the national preparedness level at 2 and 11 uncontained large fires nationwide in its June 9 situation report.
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Critical fire weather conditions persist across the Four Corners and the southern Great Basin, where minimum relative humidity falls to 5 to 15% with gusty southwest winds.
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Red flag warnings cover southern Nevada, northwestern Arizona, the Navajo Nation and several west desert zones in Utah.
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In New Mexico, the Seven Cabins Fire in Lincoln county is now 94% contained with no evacuation orders in place.
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In CyberSecurity, CISA added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 8.
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el M command injection and CVE:
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On June 9, CISA released three new industrial control systems advisories, including one for Siemens Keco, Blue Planet Solar inverters.
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On the geophysical side, the U.S. geological Survey reports Kilauea is not erupting, the summit eruption is paused following episode 48, the alert level is advisory and episode 49 of lava fountaining is forecast between June 12 and 15.
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On the recovery side, two FEMA individual assistance deadlines are in focus.
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Washington December storms and flooding applications closed June 10 and the Hawaii Kona low deadline for Honolulu and Maui Counties runs through June 14.
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The Atlantic basin remains quiet with no tropical formation expected over the next seven days, and DHS shows no active National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin.
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Let's run through the States Red flag warnings are in effect for northwestern Arizona and the Navajo Nation, including Grand Canyon country, the Coconino Plateau and the Little Colorado River Valley.
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Driven by single digit to mid teen humidity and gusty winds.
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Critical fire weather conditions extend across the four corners.
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Hawaii the U.S. geological Survey reports Kilauea is not erupting with the summit eruption paused after episode 48.
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The Volcano Alert level is advisory and the aviation color code is yellow.
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Episode 49 of lava fountaining is forecast between June 12 and 15.
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Separately, the FEMA individual assistance deadline for the March Kona Lo flooding in Honolulu and Maui counties runs through June 14.
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Idaho the Summit Creek Fire 11 miles southeast of Oakley is listed at roughly 1,887 acres and 93% contained.
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The Michaude Creek Fire west of Pocatello reached full containment with no structures lost and no evacuations.
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Minnesota Northwestern Minnesota is included in the elevated severe weather threat for very large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes with a heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding concern continuing into Wednesday.
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Nevada Red flag warnings cover southern Nevada including the Lake Mead National Recreation Area due to low humidity, warm temperatures and gusty southwest winds, raising the risk of rapid fire spread.
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New Mexico the Seven Cabins Fire in Lincoln County, 13 miles northeast of Capitan holds at about 31,800 acres and 94% containment as of June 9.
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No evacuation orders are in place.
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Roughly 330 firefighters remain on the 104 mile perimeter with a type 3 Incident Management Team assuming command mid week.
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NEW York the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for New York City, Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten island from noon to 8pm Thursday with heat index values up to 100.
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Residents are advised to take precautions against heat illness.
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North Dakota Central and eastern North Dakota saw an enhanced risk for severe storms and a tornado watch covering more than 30 counties with threats of 75 mph or greater, winds, hail of 2 inches or larger and tornadoes.
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Heavy rainfall raises a localized flash flooding concern along the I 29 and I 94 corridors.
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South Dakota North Central and Northeastern South Dakota fall within the enhanced risk area for severe thunderstorms capable of very large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes as a strengthening low pressure system moves across the northern Plains.
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Red flag warnings are posted for the central Utah, West Desert, Color Country, West Desert and Mojave Desert fire weather zones with critical fire weather driven by heat, low humidity and wind.
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The FEMA individual assistance application deadline for the December storms and flooding is June 10.
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Eligible survivors are urged to apply by phone online or at a disaster recovery center before the deadline closes all other states and territories have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.
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