Situation Update
August 7, 2015
July/August Rain
Flooding Event
Weather:
Current
Weather
Impacts
Today and Saturday ….. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms (some may be
severe and produce damaging winds) before 8pm, then scattered showers and
thunderstorms after 2am. Frequent deadly lightning. Chance of precipitation is 30%
today and 60% on Saturday. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values
as high as 100.
Sunday…scattered showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Chance of
precipitation is 40%.
New rainfall amounts expected between 1 inch and 1 ¼ inch by Sunday.
More typical storm patterns return for Monday and Tuesday afternoon
Watches and
Warnings
As of today, Hillsborough County is currently under the following
severe weather warning or watches:
Warnings/Watches/Advisories:
Flood Watch
 In effect for Hillsborough
River Flood Warning
 The Flood Warning continues for:
Hillsborough River At Morris Bridge
* Until Friday morning
* At 12:30 PM Friday the stage was 31.56 feet
* Flood stage is 32.0 feet
* The river is expected to fall below flood stage by after midnight.
* Impact...at 32.0 feet...Flooding begins at a trailer park downstream
from Morris Bridge and just upstream from the northern end of the
Tampa Bypass canal.
County Status/Actions
Current EOC
Operational
Status:
Local State of
Emergency
Declared?
(Time/date?)
Current
Evacuations:
EOC Level – 3 Monitoring (Normal Operations) as of 1 PM today, August 7 ,
2015.
Reentry/Post
Evacuations:
Shelter
Openings :
Not applicable
# in Shelters
Gen Pop: Ten individuals (2 families in shelters)
Special Needs: None at this time
# and Names
of Hospital
Closed:
Government
Offices
Status
No Hospitals are closed at this time.
NO. Executive order signed by the Governor to declare State of Emergency.
Notification received August 6, 2015 from Bryan Koon.
2 families were evacuated due to flooding at Northdale area. Red Cross, Code
Enforcement, Social Services, and Sunshine Line assisted the families.
(Primary) Bible Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace, located at
8718 N 46th St., Tampa, FL 33617
American Red Cross shelter remains open at this time. The shelter is projected to
remain with open status through the weekend. (Shelters will be open as long as
they are needed. Other shelter arrangements will be evaluated and identified as
needed.)
County: Open
Municipalities: Open
Schools: Open (off for summer vacation though)
# 0 teams active: 16 TSAR, 16 ISAT available
Search and
Rescue Teams
Status
Damage
Assessment
Teams Status
ESF 19 i s c o n t i n u i n g d a m a g e a s s e s s m e n t .
Mass Care
Status
Social Services and American Red Cross completed needs assessments of the
families in the affected neighborhoods and will continue to be available as need
arises.
Mobile Feeding: Not active at this time
PODS open: Not open
Shelter: one active shelter
Roadway
Status
Bridges: (Gandy / Howard Franklin / Courtney Campbell / Sunshine Skyway) –
ALL open at this time.
Major roads: (I-75 / I-275 / I-4 / 301 / 41 / 60 / DALE MABRY) – Major roads
are open.
Road Closures:
1. Hutchinson Road closed from Wilcox Road to North Mobley.
2. North Lakeview Dr. Compromised pavement issue being investigated.
3. Armand Drive (Town N’ Country) due to pipe failure.
Road Under Water:
1. Sun Lake Blvd (between County Road and Lutz Lake Fern)
2. Bearss and Florida Avenue
Airport Status
(%
Operational) :
TIA: 100 %
MacDill: 100%
Tampa Executive:100 %
Peter O Knight: 100%
Casualties
# of Deaths: 0
# of Injured: 0
Damage
Numbers
(Municipality
reports noted
in box below
chart)
Single family homes
73
Affected to major
$329,500.00
Multi family homes
17
Minor
-$91,000.00
Mobile homes
0
-Other resources
-$50,000.00
Businesses
0
-City of Tampa
-$1,100,000.00
Working with municipalities and partners to verify additional numbers.
City of Tampa reported 64 City Buildings, 30 businesses, 103 structures (50
significant, 1 uninhabitable)
Sandbags:
Hillsborough County Service Units are currently not offering sandbags.
The City of Tampa is not currently not offering sandbags.
Hillsborough
County
Actions/
Status
Updates
As needed:
EOC Level – 3 Monitoring (Normal Operations) as of 1 PM today. Daily 9 AM
conference calls with coordinating agencies for updates. The EOC will provide
updates regarding the Executive Order signed by the Governor declaring a State of
Emergency as information becomes available.
Note: Please track and document any incremental costs you are incurring
related to this event in detail so that if we do receive a declaration, we can
move forward with the reimbursement process.
ESF1 Sunshine Line transported total 12 to and from shelters to date, will
keep drivers available through the weekend to assist if necessary
ESF 6 Social Services is working with families to complete needs assessment.
Noted that cars in Winterwind neighborhood are totaled. ARC performing client
assessments, also delivered clean-up and comfort kits. Shelters to remain open
thru the weekend.
ESF 14 No further issues at this time. Will continue to monitor.
ESF 11: Social Services Community Resource Centers remain open providing
assistance. Homeless facilities are operating under normal conditions.
ESF 12: Power: 99.9% of customers have power as of 1PM on August 7th.
www.tampaelectric.com/residential/outages/outagemap
ESF 15 Received call from Emergency Management for elderly couple with
downed tree issue to affect their home. Pam Garrison from Methodist Church
in Plant City area handling. Need team to assess area. Will update
ESF 18 reports of businesses/farmers have problems with water due to ditch
maintenance issues. Florida Star Farms, 16426 Sweatloop Road and other
farms in Plant City area of Knights Griffin/McGee/39
ESF 19 Damage Assessment process still in progress. 89 confirmed structures to
include single family homes, multi-family homes. No mobile homes. Preliminary
assessment $420,500. $50,000 reported for further resources necessary. Awaiting
the reports for Roads damage assessment for Roads still being compiled.
ISC Information Service Center- 08/06/2015 handled 305 calls during business
hours, after 5pm, 17 calls/requests. The calls were taken for various agencies.
City of Tampa - Still collecting damage reports 30 businesses damaged with 1
being major….103 structures affected, over 50 with significant damage and 1
uninhabitable
Plant city - We experienced minimal road erosion (pot holes) which were
addressed immediately monitoring the City’s water retention capabilities and
storm water drainage
Temple Terrace - distributed some sand bags and had a few downed trees, but
no significant damage to report. Raintree subdivision retention ponds in this
area reached capacity and could no longer drain to the river due to the height of
the Hillsborough River.
Problem
areas/areas
of concern
Potential
Future
Impacts:
Brushy Creek around Winterwind Road and Country Place in the Northdale
area. Areas of greatest concern are the City of Tampa, Odessa and Temple
Terrace.
Damage Assessment Teams have been assessing County impacts and needs.
See totals above. Ongoing process. Awaiting roads damage assessment
River Flooding, continued potential for rain and thunderstorms continue to
impact the areas.
Next
9AM conference call information Conference call number: (712) 432-1574
Access Code: 191-3636
Advisory
Prepared by: Shayla Prezas – Duty Officer CELL: (813) 951-4949
Contact info: PHONE: (813) 236-3800 FAX: (813) 272-6878