A multi-day severe weather outbreak dominates today’s brief, with an Enhanced Risk across the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes, more than a dozen tornado reports, and roughly 390,000 customers without power from Illinois to Michigan. We also cover CISA’s latest Known Exploited Vulnerabilities additions, the National Hurricane Center’s watch on the Bay of Campeche, the national wildfire picture, and FEMA’s June 14 assistance deadline for Maui and Honolulu counties. 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: An Enhanced Risk covers the Upper Mississippi Valley, Midwest, and Great Lakes on June 11, with strong tornadoes, large hail, and 75 mph winds expected through the day.
• Lifelines: About 390,000 customers are without power across the region, concentrated in Illinois and Michigan, plus more than a thousand Chicago-area flight disruptions.
• Cyber: CISA added three exploited vulnerabilities on June 9 affecting Arista EOS, Chromium V8, and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, with required federal remediation.
• Tropics: The National Hurricane Center is watching the Bay of Campeche for possible development Friday, with no current US threat.
• Recovery: June 14 is the FEMA Individual Assistance and SBA loan deadline for Maui and Honolulu counties, Hawaii.
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Sources
Severe Weather
• SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook: Storm Prediction Center Enhanced Risk and tornado threat for June 11
• The Watchers: Enhanced Risk issued for strong tornadoes, giant hail, and damaging winds across the Midwest and Great Lakes
• Weather.com Live Updates: Upper Midwest and Central Plains severe weather threat, PDS tornado warning details
• NWS Active Alerts: National Weather Service active watches and warnings
Power Outages
• WDBO: Hundreds of thousands without power after Midwest storms, about 390,000 regional outages
• PowerOutage.us Illinois: Live Illinois outage tracker
• PowerOutage.us Michigan: Live Michigan outage tracker
CISA
• CISA Alert, June 9, 2026: Three vulnerabilities added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Tropics
• National Hurricane Center: June 11 Tropical Weather Outlook, Bay of Campeche monitoring
Wildfire
• NIFC Situation Report: Incident Management Situation Report, June 10, 2026
• NIFC National Fire News: National large fire and preparedness level summary
FEMA
• FEMA Press Release: Deadline to apply for FEMA assistance extended to June 14 for Maui and Honolulu counties, Hawaii
Hawaii
• FEMA Press Release: June 14 Individual Assistance and SBA loan deadline, March Kona Low flooding
Illinois
• CBS Chicago: Storm damage and power outages across the Chicago area, ComEd response
• Chicago Sun-Times: Severe storms and tornado warnings across the Chicago region
Indiana
• Prism News: Severe storms across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, NIPSCO outages
Iowa
• ABC7 News: Tornadoes and hail across Iowa and Wisconsin, multi-day storm threat
• KCRG Weather Alerts: Eastern Iowa active alerts
Kansas
• Weather.com Live Updates: Central Plains tornado reports during the June 10 round
Michigan
• CBS Detroit: More than 100,000 customers without power amid severe storms in Michigan
• WNEM: Line of storms causing power outages across mid-Michigan
Minnesota
• Star Tribune: Tens of thousands without power after Minnesota storms
• KARE 11: Thousands of Minnesotans without power after overnight storms
Missouri
• ABC7 News: Northern Missouri tornado reports and PDS warning
Wisconsin
• WMTV 15 News: Thousands of Madison Gas and Electric and Alliant Energy customers without power in southern Wisconsin
• News 8000: Tornado outbreak strikes the central US
