Daily Readiness Brief
September 6, 2026
Hurricane Lowell has prompted a tropical storm watch for Kauai and Niihau and a flood watch for every main Hawaiian island, with the closest approach forecast for Monday night. Extreme heat warnings run through Tuesday around Kansas City and across southwest Missouri. A slight risk of severe thunderstorms covers South Carolina and Georgia with damaging wind the named hazard. The Atlantic basin is empty, and the National Hurricane Center expects no development for seven days.
11 regions with active items · 4 quiet
United States
New England
ActiveA rip current statement for the Massachusetts coast through 8 AM. The rest of the six states are clear.
Mid-Atlantic
ActiveA coastal flood advisory for the New Jersey shore. Extreme drought continues across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Capitol Region
ActiveA coastal flood advisory for Delaware through early Sunday. The other five jurisdictions are clear.
Southeast
ActiveA slight risk of severe storms for South Carolina and Georgia today, with heat advisories in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.
Great Lakes
QuietNo active alerts anywhere in the six states. The Minnesota fires are at 97 percent containment.
South Central
ActiveHeat advisories across four states, and the Ross fire in Texas holds at 90,400 acres with 157 structures threatened.
Heartland
ActiveExtreme heat warnings for western Missouri and eastern Kansas through Tuesday, with a flood watch in western Nebraska.
Mountain
ActiveA flood watch for northeast Colorado, and 25 uncontained large fires burning across the Northern Rockies.
Pacific
ActiveA tropical storm watch is up for Kauai and Niihau, and a flood watch now covers every Hawaiian island.
Northwest
ActiveNo weather alerts in the four states, but 23 uncontained large fires are burning in Oregon and Washington.
Canada
British Columbia
QuietNo active Environment Canada alerts anywhere in the province.
Prairies
QuietNo active Environment Canada alerts in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba.
Ontario
QuietNo active Environment Canada alerts anywhere in the province.
Quebec
ActiveQuebec carries active Environment Canada alerts this morning, alongside Atlantic Canada.
Atlantic Canada
ActiveNewfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island all carry active alerts this morning.