St. Johns County Tropical Storm Erika Situation Report – 1 Date: August 26, 2015 | 1230 hrs www.sjcemergencymanagement.com Incident Name: St. Johns County State of Florida Region 3 Tropical Storm Erika Emergency Operations Center FEMA Region 4 GENERAL INFORMATION Local State of Emergency Declaration Number: NONE Dated: Evacuation / Curfew Orders Number: NONE Dated: Emergency Operations Center Activation Level: Level 3 - Monitoring EOC Manager – Contact Information: Director Linda 904-824-5550 office Stoughton 904-501-6378 cell Sheriff's Office 904-824-8304 Public Information Officer – Contact Information: SJC EOC 904-824-5550 Location of Incident / Unified Command Post: St. Johns County EOC CURRENT EVENT STATUS • At 11 am the center of Tropical Storm Erika was located near 16.1N 57.6W or approximately 285 miles east-southeast of Antigua moving west at 17 mph. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph with tropical storm force winds extending out 105 miles primarily to the east of the center. • Little change in strength is expected during the next 72 hours as Erika begins to encounter wind shear as it approaches Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. If Erika survives the next 72 hours of wind shear it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. • As of the 11 o’clock advisory St. Johns County is within the National Hurricane Centers 5 day Potential Track Cone. It should be noted that at the 5 day forecast point the average error in track forecast is 225 – 250 miles. • The earliest potential for tropical storm force winds over the Florida peninsula would be Sunday morning. • St. Johns County Emergency Management is participating in conference calls with the Florida Division of Emergency Management and National Hurricane Center for the most up-to-date information on Tropical Storm Erika.. • Today's Weather: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm, partly sunny, with a high near 89. South wind around 6 mph. • Tonight’s Weather: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind 6 to 9 mph. On-line Briefings National Hurricane Center - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ This link will take you to their main page and you will see a map called Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity. This is an informational map that illustrates the current storms and possible areas of development. If you roll over Page 1 of 3 the areas of development or existing storms you will get a brief overview. GOVERNMENT & HOSPITAL STATUS St. Johns County Government Status: Operational St. Johns County Public Schools Status: Operational St. Johns County Court House Status: Operational City of St. Augustine Status: Operational City of St. Augustine Beach Status: Operational Town of Hastings Status: Operational Flagler Hospital Status: Operational Northeast Florida Regional Airport Status: Operational COMMUNITY CANCELLATIONS / CLOSURES None reported ACTIVE SHELTER STATUS No Shelters Open at this Time AREAS REPORTING FLOODING • None CASUALTY REPORT Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Missing Persons: 0 UTILITY REPORT Florida Power & Light (FPL) Outage: None reported Contact: 1-800-4Outage JEA Outage: None reported Contact: 904-665-6000 St. Johns County Utilities Outage: None reported Contact: 904-209-2700 Telephone / Cable Outage: None reported Contact: RESOURCES / UNMET NEEDS Unmet Needs: None Resources: Notes: St. Johns County Emergency Management is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Erika. The next Situation Report will be issued tomorrow at 12:00. St. Johns County Emergency Management is requesting that any departments or organizations that are taking any actions relative to the storm please advise us by email so that they can be added to our situation reports. Page 2 of 3 Now would be a good time for all citizens to review their emergency plan and supplies, as well as determine their Evacuation Zone by going to our website www.sjcemergencymanagement.com and clicking on the My Evacuation Zone link. Please take this time to make sure that your NOAA weather radio is operational. The programming numbers for the NOAA weather radios are as follows: o Northern St. Johns County – Jacksonville Transmitter – 162.550 o Southern St. Johns County – Palatka Transmitter – 162.425 o S.A.M.E number for specific County programming 012109 ROAD CLOSURES/FLOODING None Reported Status: Detail: St. Johns County Emergency Management 100 EOC Drive | St. Augustine, FL 32092 Phone: 904-824-5550 | Fax: 904-824-9920 www.sjcemergencymanagement.com Page 3 of 3 .