The map on the right displays areas that will potentially be flooded with storm surge from a worst-case scenario (Category 5 Storm). This map helps to illustrate the need for our residents to evacuate to safety ahead of a hurricane.

Oct 2, 2024 · Preliminary data from the tidal gauges across the Tampa Bay region show that Hurricane Helene likely broke multiple storm surge records, according to a WUSF analysis of NOAA and USGS records. Mean Higher High Water (MHHW) is the preferred data measurement used by NOAA to measure water levels and predict flooding.

If you discover via these maps that you live in an area vulnerable to storm surge, find out today if you live in a hurricane storm surge evacuation zone as prescribed by your local emergency management agency.

Sep 26, 2022 · To help prepare residents for what they can expect, the National Hurricane Center has an interactive map that shows the impact storm surge can have along Florida's coast, as well as along the Eastern seaboard and in the Gulf of Mexico to Texas.

Sep 27, 2024 · TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hurricane Helene inundated Tampa Bay with several feet of storm surge on its way to making landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region. Preliminary data indicates the...

Sep 27, 2024 · 10 Tampa Bay's Weather Impact team is reporting record-breaking levels of storm surge across the Tampa Bay area during Hurricane Helene.

In support of Resilient Tampa Bay, TBRPC’s Visualization and 3D Design program modeled the most severe flooding from a Category 3 hurricane with high sea level rise in 2045, as well as a storm that would drop nine inches of rain in one day.

Jun 4, 2020 · Find your evacuation zone and storm surge map if there is a tropical storm or hurricane for the greater Tampa Bay area.

Sep 27, 2024 · As forecasters predicted, a menacing storm surge of more than 5 feet from a distant Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc with many areas of the Tampa Bay area Thursday. The “extremely dangerous” Category 4 slammed into Florida’s Big Bend area Thursday night with winds of more than 130 mph. Officials expected to find catastrophic damage at daybreak.

Sep 25, 2024 · Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall as a major hurricane in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday, could bring life-threatening storm surge to much of the state’s west coast. Federal...