INITIATING CONDITIONS DURING A HURRICANE THREAT: ST. CHARLES PARISH EOC

RESPONSE

The response to a tropical storm or hurricane shall be categorized according to the Four Phase Emergency Classification System. The initiating conditions are as follows:

• UNUSUAL EVENT
  Issuance of a National Hurricane Center Advisory for a Tropical Storm or Hurricane within the Atlantic Basin.
  
  
• ALERT

  Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm or Hurricane in which National Hurricane Center’s forecast predicts tropical storm force winds reaching the central Gulf Coast between Destin, Florida and Cameron, Louisiana within 72 hours.
  
  
• SITE AREA EMERGENCY

  Tropical Storm or Hurricane in which the National Hurricane Center’s forecast predicts official landfall west of Destin, Florida or east of Cameron, Louisiana within the next 72 hours or Louisiana State Police has issued an official fifty-hour notice.
  
  
• GENERAL EMERGENCY

  Hurricane in which the National Hurricane Center’s forecast predicts official landfall west of Pascagoula, Mississippi or east of Morgan City, Louisiana within the next 60 hours or the Louisiana State Police has issued an official forty-hour notice.

For more information, contact St. Charles Parish Public Information Officer Renee C. Allemand at (985) 784-5000 or rallemand@stcharlesgov.net.