St. Johns County
Situation Report – 1
Date: January 6, 2014 | 1030 hrs
www.sjcemergencymanagement.com
St. Johns County
Emergency Operations Center
State of Florida Region 3
FEMA Region 4
Incident Name:
January - Arctic Cold Front
GENERAL INFORMATION
Local State of Emergency Declaration
Evacuation / Curfew Orders
Number: NONE
Number: NONE
Emergency Operations Center Activation Level:
EOC Manager – Contact Information:
Level 3 - Monitoring
Director Ray Ashton
Citizens Information Line Status:
Public Information Officer – Contact Information:
Location of Incident / Unified Command Post:
0800 - 1630
Dated:
Dated:
904-824-5550 office
904-501-6377 cell
904-824-5550
St. Johns County EOC
CURRENT EVENT STATUS
Weather
 An arctic cold front will move through St. Johns County this morning, accompanied
by scattered showers. In the wake of the front, the coldest air in several years will plunge
into our area. This morning’s high temperatures mainly in the 50s and 60s will fall into
the 40s this afternoon as northwesterly winds abruptly increase to 15-25 mph with higher
gusts.
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The coldest weather of this outbreak will occur tonight and Tuesday morning, with low
temperatures in the teens across inland locations, with low/mid 20s along the coast. In
addition, brisk northwest winds near 15 mph, with occasional higher gusts, will drive wind
chill readings during the predawn hours on Tuesday down to single digits inland and 10-15
degrees closer to the coast. Not much of a warm-up is expected Tuesday, with high
temperatures only reaching 35-40 degrees. Northwest to northerly winds will remain in the
10-15 mph range, keeping wind chill values in the 20s and 30s most of the day.
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St. Johns County is under:
- Wind chill warning will be in effect Tuesday from 4 am – 9 am. A Wind Chill Warning
means the combination of very cold air and strong winds will create dangerously low wind
chill values. This could result in frostbite, hypothermia and possibly death if precautions
are not taken.
- Hard freeze warning will be in effect Tuesday from 2 am until 9 am, with 6 to 12 hours
of hard freeze conditions (temperatures 27 degrees or lower) possible.
- Lake Wind Advisory – northwest winds of 20 - 25 mph, with gusts to 35 mph can be
expected today.
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Today's Weather: Scattered showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature
falling to around 47 by 5pm. Windy, with a northwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high
as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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Tonight's Weather: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Wind chill values as low as 15.
Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 18 mph.
On-line Briefings
 National Weather Service – Jacksonville Office: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/ This link will
take you to the NWS Jacksonville Office website, At the top of the page you will see a yellow
box “Urgent – Artic Air to Impact Area into Midweek, the most current information in regard
to the winter weather will be found here.
GOVERNMENT & HOSPITAL STATUS
St. Johns County Government
St. Johns County Public Schools
St. Johns County Court House
City of St. Augustine
City of St. Augustine Beach
Town of Hastings
Flagler Hospital
Northeast Florida Regional Airport
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Operational
Operational
Operational
Operational
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Operational
Operational
COMMUNITY CANCELLATIONS / CLOSURES
ACTIVE SHELTER STATUS
No Shelters Open at this Time
UTILITY REPORT
Florida Power & Light (FPL)
JEA
St. Johns County Utilities
Telephone / Cable
Outage:
Outage:
Outage:
Outage:
None
None
None
None
reported
reported
reported
reported
Contact:
Contact:
Contact:
Contact:
1-800-4Outage
904-665-6000
904-209-2700
RESOURCES / UNMET NEEDS
Unmet Needs:
Resources:
Notes:
None
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We encourage people to remember the Four P’s of cold weather – People,
Pets, Plants, and Pipes.
- People – bundle up and stay indoors if possible
- Pets – bring them indoors
- Plants – Cover them or bring them indoors
- Pipes – Insulate outdoor exposed pipes; allow your indoor faucets to drip
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St. Johns County Emergency Management is requesting that any
departments or organizations that are taking any actions relative to the
winter weather please advise us by email so that they can be added to our
situation reports
Now would be a good time for all citizens to review their emergency plan
and supplies.
Please take this time to make sure that your NOAA weather radio is
operational. The programming numbers for the NOAA weather radios are
as follows:
o Northern St. Johns County – Jacksonville Transmitter – 162.550
o Southern St. Johns County – Palatka Transmitter – 162.425
o S.A.M.E number for specific County programming 012109
ROAD CLOSURES/FLOODING
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St. Johns County Emergency Management
100 EOC Drive | St. Augustine, FL 32092
Phone: 904-824-5550 | Fax: 904-824-9920
www.sjcemergencymanagement.com
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