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County emergency director urges island residents to prepare now for hurricane season
Summary
Saint Johns County emergency operations director outlined how forecast cones, storm surge forecasts and evacuation procedures work, repeated a 30-day waiting period for flood insurance, and urged residents to make an evacuation plan and sign up for Alert St. Johns.
Miss Wilson, director of St. Johns County Emergency Operations, told the St. Augustine Beach City Commission on Aug. 4, 2025, that residents should prepare now for hurricane season and pay attention to more than the National Hurricane Center’s forecast cone.
Wilson said the National Hurricane Center is testing an “experimental” forecast cone this season and stressed that impacts often extend well outside the cone’s centerline. “A warning means you need to take immediate protective actions,” she said, explaining the distinction between watches and warnings.
Wilson walked commissioners and the public through storm-surge forecasting and local impacts. She used City Hall as an example: if a forecast cites “three to six feet at St. Augustine Beach City Hall,” that means three to six feet measured at the building’s elevation, she said. She…
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