Northern Plains tornado and flooding threat persists; Mid-Atlantic and Northeast heat builds; CISA adds two exploited vulnerabilities and Southwest Red Flag Warnings spread.

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.

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Sources

Severe Weather and Heat

• NOAA SPC: Day 1 and Day 2 Convective Outlooks, northern and central Plains severe weather

• NWS Bismarck: Northern Plains severe weather and tornado threat

• The Watchers: Enhanced Risk issued for Northern Plains severe storms

• NWS New York: Heat Advisory for New York City metro

• Fox Weather: Record-level heat forecast for East Coast cities

Wildfire

• NIFC: Incident Management Situation Report, June 9, 2026

• NIFC: National Fire News and preparedness level

• Navajo Times: Red Flag Warnings for Navajo Nation and northern Arizona

• St. George News: Red Flag Warning and Fire Weather Watch across Utah and Nevada

CISA

• CISA: Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities added to catalog, June 8, 2026

• CISA: Industrial Control Systems advisories

USGS Volcano

• USGS HVO: Kilauea volcano updates

FEMA

• FEMA: One month remains to apply for assistance in Washington

• FEMA: Deadline extended to June 14 for Maui and Honolulu counties, Hawaii

DHS and Tropics

• DHS: National Terrorism Advisory System status

• NOAA NHC: Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

New Mexico

• InciWeb: Seven Cabins Fire incident information

• KTSM: Seven Cabins Fire at 94 percent containment, June 9

Idaho

• East Idaho News: Michaud Creek Fire fully contained near Pocatello