Live Atlantic tropical systems from the National Hurricane Center, with the county's season calendar, a riverfront prep list, and who to call when the power and water go out.
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Live tropical systems in the Atlantic from the US National Hurricane Center, with St. Johns County's season calendar and what's worth having ready on a low, riverfront street. St. Augustine South sits between US 1 and the Matanzas River, and the riverfront streets are in the county's earliest-to-leave evacuation areas — so here the storm question is really two questions: what's out there, and do I need to go.
No active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic right now.
That is the whole story today — a quiet ocean. National Hurricane Center data, as of 12 July at 1:20.
Official warnings and evacuation orders come from the county and the National Weather Service
Hurricane season is under way.
| Period | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane season | 1 June – 30 November | now |
| Local peak | 15 August – 15 October |
Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30, and the busiest, most dangerous stretch for this coast is mid-August through mid-October. Northeast Florida's worst surge comes up the Matanzas and the Intracoastal, not just off the ocean.
Matthew passed offshore on October 7, 2016 without a landfall, and still pushed the water about seven feet up the Matanzas River. Just south of St. Augustine the surge cut a new inlet clean through the barrier island and stripped a twelve-foot dune; in the city, water stood several feet deep in the streets. The lesson for the riverfront: it doesn't take a direct hit for the Matanzas to come up over Shore Drive.
Irma followed in 2017 and Milton in 2024, both triggering mandatory evacuations that reached riverfront St. Johns County. The pattern residents plan around: know your evacuation zone before the season, and leave early when the order comes — the riverfront is among the first areas called.
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
Non-emergency dispatch — downed limbs, road hazards, wellbeing checks
St. Johns County Emergency Management
Storm information, shelters and evacuation orders
Storm data: National Hurricane Center (NOAA), US public-domain data, as of 12 July at 1:20. This page shows the NHC’s structured fields only — full advisories are at nhc.noaa.gov. It is not an alerting service.