"Hope Is Not a Plan"
Major components of our state hurricane plan are built around the HES, which stands for
What is 'Hurricane Evacuation Study'?
This graphic displays where the center of a tropical cyclone will go 70% of the time
What is the 'error cone'?
Deadliest hurricane hazard
What is storm surge?
Term to describe tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes
What are 'tropical cyclones'?
Most recent hurricane landfall in South Carolina
Was was Hurricane Ian in 2022?
South Carolinians can follow these to leave the coast before a hurricane
What are 'evacuation routes'?
To understand the chance of tropical-storm force winds, look at this product
What are 'wind speed probabilities'?
The Saffir-Simpson scale is constructed based on this hazard
What is wind?
The most intense winds are found in this part of a tropical cyclone
What is the 'eyewall'?
Most recent major hurricane landfall in South Carolina
What was Hurricane Hugo in 1989?
Our state response and coordination revolves around this type of timeline
What is an 'evacuation planning timeline'?
Unit used for storm surge products and forecasts
What is 'height above ground'?
South Carolina's hurricane evacuation zones are constructed based on risk of this hazard
What is 'storm surge'?
This large-scale climate cycle of Pacific equatorial ocean temperatures drives Atlantic tropical cyclone activity
What is the 'El Nino Southern Oscillation'?
This popular SC-based hurricane preparedness product is widely distributed along the coast
What are 'Hurricane Guides'?
Term to describe the estimated amount of time it will take to evacuate the coastline for a hurricane
What is an 'evacuation clearance time'?
This is issued 48 hours before the wind threat begins
What is a 'hurricane watch' or a 'tropical storm watch'?
Tropical cyclones typically spawn tornadoes in this quadrant of the system
What is the 'front right quadrant'?
These 'striped' features of a tropical cyclone are where the most intense precipitation occurs
What are 'rainbands'?
This phrase is widely used to remind the public to check their evacuation risk
What is 'Know Your Zone'?
Our state's evacuation planning timeline is constructed from this metric
What is the 'arrival time of tropical-storm force winds'?
______ products are built based on one specific forecast and don't consider probabilities or error
What are 'deterministic' products?
Storm surge isn't just determined by hurricane category. Name one other factor that dictates storm surge severity
What is 'angle of approach', 'forward speed', 'bathymetry', and 'pressure'?
Name a factor typically needed for a tropical cyclone to develop
What are 'warm waters', 'Coriolis effect', 'low wind shear', 'atmospheric instability', and an 'existing disturbance'?
Name and year of the earliest tropical storm to make landfall in SC
What was Ana in 2015?