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Federal Disaster Declarations Year Title Federal Disaster Declarations 1968 Hurricane Gladys 1977 Severe Winter Weather 1979 Severe Storms & Flooding 1990 Severe Freeze 1993 Tornadoes, Flooding, High Winds & Tides, Freezing 1996 Tropical Storm Josephine 1998 Extreme Fire Hazard 1998 Hurricane Georges 1998 Severe Storms, High Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 2000 Withlacoochee Fire Complex 2001 Severe Freeze 2003 Severe Storms and Flooding 2004 Hurricane Jeanne 2004 Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley 2004 Hurricane Frances 2005 Hurricane Katrina Evacuation 2008 Tropical Storm Fay 2012 Tropical Storm Debby 2016 Hurricane Hermine 2016 Hurricane Matthew 2017 Hurricane Irma 2018 Hurricane Michael 2019 Hurricane Dorian PRI Category Degree of Risk Level Criteria Probability Unlikely Less than 1% annual probability Possible Between 1 and 10% annual probability Likely Between 10 and 100% annual probability Highly Likely 100% annual probability Impact Minor Very few injuries, if any. Only minor property damage and minimal disruption on quality of life. Temporary shutdown of critical facilities. Limited Minor injuries only. More than 10% of property in affected area damaged or destroyed. Complete shutdown of critical facilities for more than one week. Critical Multiple deaths/injuries possible. More than 25% of property in affected area damaged or destroyed. Complete shutdown of critical facilities for more than one week. Catastrophic High number of deaths/injuries possible. More than 50% of property in affected area damaged or destroyed. Complete shutdown of critical facilities for 30 days or more. Spatial Extent Negligible Less than 1% of area affected Small Between 1 and 10% of area affected Moderate Between 10 and 50% of area affected Large Between 50 and 100% of area affected Warning Time More than 24 hours Self explanatory 12 to 24 hours Self explanatory 6 to 12 hours Self explanatory Less than 6 hours Self explanatory Duration Less than 6 hours Self explanatory Less than 24 hours Self explanatory Less than one week Self explanatory More than one week Self explanatory Hazards not evaluated • Erosion • Tsunami • Seismic Flood Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Likely Critical Moderate 6 to 12 hours Less than 1 week 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 Date Event Location Property Damage 09/01/2016 Hurricane Coastal $7.8M Hermine Hernando 9/11/2017 Hurricane Croom $5M Irma There were 121 unmitigated repetitive loss properties in 2015 at the time of the last LMS update. Tropical Cyclone Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Likely Catastrophic Large More than 24 Less than 1 3.0 hours week 3.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 Year Title Location 2016 Hurricane Coastal Hernando $7.8 M Hermine and Inland Hernando 2016 Hurricane Coastal Hernando $0 Matthew 2017 Hurricane Coastal Hernando Irma and Inland Hernando 2018 Hurricane NA NA Michael* 2019 Hurricane NA NA Dorian* *federal disaster declaration included Hernando County, however storm impacts were not recorded in the NCDC database for Hernando. Severe Storms Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Highly Likely Critical Moderate 6 to 12 hours Less than 6 2.8 hours 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 Date Location Type Property Damage 02/12/2014 Garden Grove Thunderstorm Wind $0 03/29/2014 Bayport & Conrock Thunderstorm Wind $4K 4/18/2014 Conrock Thunderstorm Wind $0 4/30/2014 Brksvil Hernndo Co F Thunderstorm Wind $0 5/25/2014 Masarkytown & Hail $2K Weeki Wachee 6/16/2014 Lake Lindsey Thunderstorm Wind $10K & Hail 6/27/2014 Ringgold Hail $0 5/04/2016 Brooksville & Thunderstorm Wind $10K Ringgold & Heavy Rain 01/22/2017 Brksvil Hernndo Co F Thunderstorm Wind $0 06/22/2017 Weeki Wachee Acres Thunderstorm Wind $6K 07/30/2018 Richloam Thunderstorm Wind $1K 11/02/2018 Week Wachee Acres Tornado $500K 4/19/2019 Weeki Wachee & Thunderstorm Wind $20K Brksvil Hernndo Co F 05/05/2019 Masarkytown Thunderstorm Wind $15K Note: No damaging lightening strikes have been recorded in Hernando since 2012 06/19/2019 Spring Hill Thunderstorm Wind $1K Severe Storms Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Highly Likely Minor Moderate Less than 6 hours Less than 1 week 3.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 • Incorporate Communities at Risk data from FFS • Previous Occurrences: 2014 – 2019 Extreme Heat Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Likely Minor Large More than 24 More than 1 2.6 hours week 3.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 4.0 There are no “Excessive Heat” events recorded in the NCDC storm database, however, there have been an average of 11.5 days with temperatures above 95 degrees (F) recorded at the Brooksville Chin Hill Weather Station. Source: https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/climate-data-access-tools/climate-data-visualization Drought Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Likely Minor Large More than 24 More than 1 2.6 hours week 3.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 4.0 There are no Drought events recorded in the NCDC storm database, however, in 2017 there were periods of Abnormally Dry (D0) to Severe Drought (D2) conditions . Source: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Data/Timeseries.aspx Geological Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Highly Likely Limited Small Less than 6 Less than 24 2.8 hours hours 4.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 Incident Date Incident Location Incident Notes SWO# 2014-213: existing sinkhole in storwater collection basin was being remediated and while 1/9/2014 Springhill remediating the sinkhole collapsed further Possible sinkhole in a retention pond. One home is 4/6/2014 Spring Hill 30 feet away and roadway is about 30 feet away SH is located under the house. 60 trucks of concrete 5/27/2014 Weeki Wachee were used to fill the SH. Water is visible. Rock and sand visible at the bottom of sinkhole. 6/1/2014 Spring Hill Tiburon Ave recieved minor damages. 9759 Eldridge road sustained most of damage. Four 7/19/2014 Spring Hill houses evacuated. The potential sinkhole is 15 feet wide and 4 to 5 10/11/2014 Spring Hill feet deep. Sinkhole is located in driveway and is 5 ft. by 5 ft. 11/11/2014 null and 3-4 feet deep Sinkhole forming at the edge of the bridge crossing 12/23/2014 Aripeka the Weeki Wachee River in Aripeka, size unknown 5/19/2015 null null 2/13/2016 null null 6/6/2017 null SWP 2017-4151 Hernando County SO reports a sinkhole that is 3 ft 1/29/2018 SPRING HILL deep with a 4 ft diameter in Spring Hill. Caller stated the subsidence opened in a retention 5/17/2018 BROOKSVILLE pond resulting in it draining entirely into the hole. Winter Storm Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration PRI Score Likely Minor Large More than 24 Less than 1 week 2.4 hours 3.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 There were frost/freeze events recorded in the NCDC storm database in 1999 and 2018. Additionally, there have been an average of 5.29 days with temperatures below 32 degrees (F) recorded at the Brooksville Chin Hill Weather Station. Source: https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/climate-data-access-tools/climate-data-visualization Hazardous Materials Manmade/Tech Category/Degree of Risk Hazard Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration Hazardous Materials Unlikely Minor Small Less than 6 hours Less than one week Hazardous Materials Incidents in Florida Date Description January 28, 2014 A train derailment in McDavid, Florida resulted in railcars containing phosphoric acid submerging in Fletcher Creek. There were no reported injuries or fatalities. A total of four railcars with 96% concentration phosphoric acid were derailed, at least one was leaking into the creek. Each railcar contained 12,000 gallons. September 23, 2016 A tanker truck containing 8,000 gallons of petroleum products overturned on Interstate 75 in North Port, Florida. Both shoulders of the interstate were affected as well as nearby wetlands. FDEP, Sarasota County HazMat, and Charlotte County Fire Rescue responded. April 3, 2017 A collision between two trains resulted in the release of approximately 7,400 gallons of diesel fuel and 77 gallons of battery acid. June 3, 2019 Hillsborough County firefighters and members of the Hazardous Incident Team responded to a chemical spill near the Florida State Fairgrounds after a forklift punctured a 55-gallon drum of hydrofluoric acid. June 6, 2019 A building on the campus of the University of South Florida was evacuated as a hazardous materials incident after eight people complained of dizziness. One of the eight people was transported to the hospital for treatment, the others were treated at the scene. Air quality tests returned no abnormal results. [1] http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/chemical-spill-prompts-warning-to-fairgrounds-area [2] https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/usf-building-evacuated-as-hazmat-incident Cyber Incident Manmade/Tech Category/Degree of Risk Hazard Probability Impact Spatial Extent Warning Time Duration Cyber Incident Unlikely Minor Large Less than 6 hours Less than one week 2015 Panama City, An anonymous source leaked 11.5 million documents from a law firm in Panama City. The documents detailed financial and attorney- Florida client information for more than 200,000 offshore entities. When reporters searched through the information, it was discovered that the law firm had been involved in illegal actions, including fraud and tax evasion. 2016 Sarasota, A ransomware virus on the Sarasota City Hall computer systems encrypted 160,000 files and demanded $33 million in Bitcoins to Florida unlock them. The IT staff quickly shut down the system, which saved the city from catastrophic data loss and financial costs, and the attack was contained within a few hours.
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