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Atlantic Hurricane Season: June 1 to November 30

This page provides current and pertinent links to available information in the event that MacDill and its personnel experience hurricane conditions. The links will better prepare service members and their families if a hurricane strikes your area.

For vital preparedness checklist and more information, visit the Air Force's Be Ready page or DOD's hurricane page.

Please verify and update your status in AFPAAS or your service’s personal accountability system located at the links below.

Stay up to date and current on all hurricane matters affecting MacDill Air Force Base by visiting the base website or following Team MacDill on Facebook.

START PREPARING TODAY

Take these three simple steps to prepare:

Get a Kit - Assemble a collection of first aid supplies, food, water, medicines, and important papers that can sustain you and your family until the emergency passes.

Make a Plan - You and your family members may not be together when an emergency strikes. Planning ahead will improve your chances of keeping in touch, staying safe, and quickly reuniting.

Be Prepared - Anticipate emergencies most likely to affect you and your family. This guide will help you think through the basics of preparing yourself and your family for all hazards.

Know your Zone! Click the image above and search to learn more about a location and its surrounding area.
Use one of the following search methods: Click the search box and type in an address or choose, "Use current location" or click within the map. Results will include information about selected evacuation zones.

Air Force Personnel Accounting and Assessment System Mobile App

How to download AFPAAS on iPhone (click here) and Android (click here)

AFPAAS Web Browser (click here)

BEFORE

Bring in outdoor objects and anchor objects that cannot be brought inside.
Secure your home by closing and boarding up windows and removing outside antennas.
Turn refrigerator and freezer to coldest settings. Open only when absolutely necessary and close quickly.
Store drinking water in disinfected bathtubs, jugs, bottles, and cooking pots.
Review evacuation plan and assemble your emergency supply kit.
Secure boats and/or RVs or move to a designated safe place. Use ropes or tie down straps to secure boats to trailers. Use tie-downs to anchor boat trailers and/or RVs to the ground or structures.
Make a record of your personal property. Take photos or video of the exterior and interior of your home, including personal belongings. Store the documents in a safe place. If directed to evacuate, take the documents with you

DURING

Listen to local radio or television for progress reports.
Take refuge in a small interior room, closet or hallway in your residence. If in a multiple story building, go to the first or second floors and stay in interior rooms away from windows.
Stay inside and away from windows, skylights and glass doors.
Keep curtains and blinds closed.
Do not go outside when the eye passes over. Winds and rain will soon resume.

AFTER

If in a safe location, stay there until directed by local authorities that it is safe to leave.
If you evacuated your community, do not return until authorities say it is safe.
Tune into local radio and television stations for information about caring for your household, where to find medical help and how to apply for assistance.
Do not drink or prepare food with tap water until notified that it is safe.
Talk to your children about what happened and what they can do to help.
Stay away from downed power lines and report them to the power company.
Enter your home with caution. Beware of insects and animals driven to higher ground by the floodwaters.
Open windows and doors to ventilate and dry your home.
Drive only if absolutely necessary and avoid flooded roads and washed-out bridges.
Report property damage to your insurance agent immediately.

Tropical Storm WATCH	Sustained winds of 39 - 73 mph are possible within the specified area in the next 48 hours
Tropical Storm WARNING	Sustained winds of 39 - 73 mph are expected within the specified area in the next 36 hours
Hurricane WATCH	Sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are expected within the specified area in the next 48 hours.
Hurricane WARNING	Sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are expected within the specified area in the next 36 hours. NOTE: A Warning can remain in effect when dangerously high water and/or waves continue even if winds are less than hurricane force.

HURCON 5: Indicates surface winds in excess of 58 mph (50 knots) could arrive within 96 hours.

HURCON 4: Indicates surface winds in excess of 58 mph (50 knots) could arrive within 72 hours.

HURCON 3: Indicates surface winds in excess of 58 mph could arrive within 48 hours.

HURCON 2: Indicates surface winds in excess of 58 mph could arrive within 24 hours.

HURCON 1: Indicates surface winds in excess of 58 mph could arrive within 12 hours.

HURCON 1C: Caution: Winds of 40-57 mph/35-49 knots sustained are occurring.

HURCON 1E: Emergency: Winds of 58 mph/50 knots sustained and/or gusts of 69 mph/60 kts or greater are occurring. All outside activity is strictly prohibited.

HURCON 1R: Recovery: Destructive winds have subsided and are no longer forecast to occur; survey and work crews are permitted to determine the extent of the damage and to establish safe zones around hazards (e.g. downed power lines, unstable structures). Non-essential personnel are asked to remain indoors.