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NOAA releases revised hurricane preparedness guidelines (DOCUMENT)

The government has released new hurricane preparedness guidelines for the upcoming storm season. The guidelines, prepared by the National Weather Service, emphasize the basics: storm definitions, intensity categories, wind and water effects, places ... Full story

Walton County hurricane evacuation routes map

View a map of evacuation routes from Walton County.... Full story

Okaloosa County hurricane evacuation route map

View a map of evacuation routes from Okaloosa County.... Full story

Santa Rosa County hurricane evacuation route map

View a map of evacuation routes out of Santa Rosa County.... Full story

Shelters in Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton counties

SANTA ROSA COUNTY 1. Avalon Middle School, 5445 King Arthur’s Way, Milton 2. Milton Community Center, 5629 Byrom St., Milton 3. S.S. Dixon Intermediate, 5445 King Arthur’s Way, Milton 4. Sims Middle School, 5500 Education Drive, Pace,... Full story

Important telephone numbers

SANTA ROSA COUNTY - Emergency Operations Center 983-5360- Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office 983-1100- Sheriff's Office Navarre substation 981-2250- Citizen's information line (800) 983-INFO or (800) 225-7421 * OKALOOSA COUNTY ... Full story

Retired hurricane names

RETIRED HURRICANE NAMES Below is a list of Atlantic Ocean retired hurricane names, the years the storms occurred, and the areas they affected. - Agnes (1972): Florida, Northeast U.S. - Alicia (1983): North Texas - Allen (1980): Antilles, Mexico, So... Full story

Hurricane evacuation zone maps

Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton County hurricane evacuation zone maps. Click here to see the maps.... Full story

Storm hazards

HURRICANE HAZARDS Tornadoes Hurricanes can produce tornadoes that add to the storm's destructive power. Tornadoes are most likely to occur in the right-front quadrant of the hurricane. However, they are also often found elsewhere embedded in the ra... Full story

Hurricane names

HOW HURRICANES ARE NAMED Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now main-tained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The lists fe... Full story

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