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Florida Hurricane Tracker | Live NHC Track, Alerts, and Evacuation Zones
Florida faces the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico at once, giving it more than 1,300 miles of tidal coastline—the longest of any hurricane-prone state. Storms typically organize near the Bahamas or in the Caribbean and track west across South Florida, or curve north into the Panhandle and Big Bend, while others develop in the Gulf and threaten Tampa Bay or the central coast. Because the peninsula is low and surrounded by warm water, rapid intensification just before landfall is common. In recent memory, Hurricane Michael (2018) struck the Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5, and Hurricane Ian (2022) produced deadly storm surge and flooding across southwest Florida. The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, with the climatological peak around September 10. Residents should confirm evacuation zones and keep a ready-to-go plan before any system forms, because bridge and causeway closures often arrive well ahead of landfall.
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Is There a Hurricane in Florida Right Now?
No, the latest NHC check shows no active system with a center position or official forecast path within 500 miles of this site's established Florida city trackers. That means there is no nearby tracked center path in this check, but conditions and forecasts can change.
Answer verified from National Hurricane Center data at Sep 25, 8:45 PM UTC. A nearby center path is not a landfall prediction, an impact boundary, or an evacuation decision. Follow NWS alerts and local emergency management instructions.
Official current check: NHC/NWSLast updated Sep 25, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC
Current Florida Hurricane Questions
Is a hurricane coming to Florida?
No active NHC center or official forecast path currently meets this site's 500-mile Florida relevance threshold. This does not rule out later forecast changes or hazards outside the center path.
Where is the nearest active hurricane to Florida?
There is no active NHC system with a current or official forecast center-path point within 500 miles of this site's established Florida city trackers.
Florida Hurricane Questions Today
Users searching “is there a hurricane coming to Florida,” “is Florida getting a hurricane,” and “will the hurricane hit Florida” should start here. Check the live NHC answer above, then compare the current Gulf hurricane tracker, Florida NWS alerts, evacuation zones, and city trackers for Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, and the Panhandle.
How to Prepare for a Hurricane in Florida
Start before a storm forms: confirm the county evacuation zone, identify a safe room and two destinations, protect documents, refill permitted prescriptions, plan for pets, and prepare for heat and extended outages. A “Florida hurricane box” should be a portable part of the broader plan, not the entire plan.
Build a Florida hurricane supply list, then use the hurricane evacuation plan to record routes, transport, contacts, and departure triggers.
Florida Hurricane Evacuation Plan
Use the county address lookup rather than ZIP code or an insurance flood map. Choose a primary and backup destination outside the threatened area, plan more than one route, and allow extra time for barrier islands, bridges, medical equipment, disability, children, pets, or no personal vehicle. Follow current county and state instructions; do not assume contraflow or a bridge will remain open.
Active Florida NWS Alerts
Live alerts are fetched directly from NOAA and NWS. Verify your county or evacuation zone before acting.
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Florida Hurricane Tracker by City
Open city guides for local surge, flooding, evacuation-route, and outage planning notes within Florida.
Orlando Hurricane Tracker
Orlando hurricane planning focuses on rainfall flooding, tornadoes, falling trees, heat, and multi-day outages even when the storm center stays near the coast.
Open OrlandoMiami Hurricane Tracker
Miami households should know their evacuation zone, flood exposure, bridge and causeway routes, and backup destination before a watch becomes a warning.
Open MiamiTampa Hurricane Tracker
Tampa Bay storm surge and bridge access can drive decisions before peak wind, so residents should compare official evacuation zones with household mobility needs.
Open TampaFort Myers Hurricane Tracker
Fort Myers households should treat storm surge, river flooding, and barrier-island access as early decisions because routes can become limited before peak wind.
Open Fort MyersKey West Hurricane Tracker
Key West residents should decide early because the Overseas Highway, bridges, shelters, fuel, and medical access can become constrained before severe weather arrives.
Open Key WestJacksonville Hurricane Tracker
Jacksonville households should watch both Atlantic coastal alerts and St. Johns River flooding because water impacts can arrive from multiple directions.
Open JacksonvilleFort Lauderdale Hurricane Tracker
Fort Lauderdale residents should match Broward evacuation zones with canal, beach, high-rise, and mobile-home risk before Atlantic storms approach.
Open Fort LauderdaleWest Palm Beach Hurricane Tracker
West Palm Beach residents should monitor Atlantic surge, Palm Beach County evacuation zones, tornado bands, rainfall, and outage risk before a storm nears the coast.
Open West Palm BeachPensacola Hurricane Tracker
Pensacola residents should watch Escambia County hurricane preparedness, Gulf and bay flooding, bridge access, tornado bands, and power outage planning together.
Open PensacolaClearwater Hurricane Tracker
Clearwater residents and visitors should track Pinellas County emergency information, beach and bay surge, bridge access, and hotel or rental instructions before Tampa Bay threats become urgent.
Open ClearwaterNaples Hurricane Tracker
Naples households should use official Collier County evacuation zones, NWS Miami alerts, and NHC advisories to compare Gulf surge, canal flooding, road timing, and household needs.
Open NaplesSarasota Hurricane Tracker
Sarasota residents should use official Sarasota County evacuation levels, NWS Tampa Bay alerts, and NHC advisories to understand bayfront, barrier-island, rain, and outage risk.
Open SarasotaPort Charlotte Hurricane Tracker
Port Charlotte residents should use official Charlotte County evacuation zones, NWS Tampa Bay alerts, and NHC advisories to compare harbor, river, housing, and outage risk.
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For local searches such as Orlando hurricane today, Miami hurricane tracker, or Tampa Bay storm risk, open the closest city guide and verify county alerts.
State action paths
What Should Florida Residents Do Next?
Use this state tracker as the broad screen, then move into the tool that matches your household decision.
Build a local risk plan
Use Florida alerts, coastal hazards, and household constraints to create a 72/48/24-hour action plan.
Check evacuation decisions
Sort Florida surge exposure, housing type, transportation, pets, and medical needs into Monitor, Prepare, Act, or Leave.
Decode official alerts
Translate hurricane, storm surge, flood, tornado, and evacuation wording into household actions before conditions worsen.
Plan for power outages
Prepare charging, food safety, generator placement, refrigerated medicine, and communication backup for Florida outages.
Local search path
Use This Florida Tracker With Local Pages
Florida households should decide evacuation triggers early because bridge closures, shelter demand, and fuel availability can change before landfall.
Risk context
Florida Hurricane Planning Signals
State trackers are broad screens. Pair this page with city trackers, county emergency management, and official weather.gov alerts before making evacuation or shelter decisions.
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Florida Hurricane Topic Shortcuts
Use these topic hubs to move from a state-level tracker into the specific hurricane question behind the search.
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How to Use a Live Hurricane Tracker
Learn how to use a live hurricane tracker with NHC advisories, radar, alerts, city pages, and local decision tools, then open the current storm map.
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How to Read a Hurricane Map: NHC, Radar & Satellite
Learn how NHC tracks, forecast cones, radar, satellite, and local alert layers answer different storm questions, then open the current live map.
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Hurricane Radar and Satellite Tracker
Use hurricane radar and satellite with NHC storm context, rain bands, wind timing, local NWS alerts, and city tracker links.
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Hurricane Spaghetti Models
Learn how hurricane spaghetti models, GFS, ECMWF, ICON, AI guidance, and model spread fit with the official NHC forecast and local alerts.
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Hurricane Evacuation Zones
Learn how hurricane evacuation zones fit with local orders, storm surge risk, city trackers, alerts, and household evacuation planning tools.
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Hurricane Storm Surge Map
Understand storm surge map context, NWS surge watches and warnings, ZIP checks, city trackers, and local evacuation planning.
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Hurricane Preparedness Checklist
Build a hurricane preparedness checklist for supplies, documents, pets, medical needs, power outages, family communication, and evacuation timing.
Florida Hurricane Risk Shortcuts
Local hurricane risk
Use ZIP, city, state, storm surge, evacuation-zone, and household planning paths for Florida risk checks.
Evacuation zones
Understand how local evacuation zones, official orders, surge risk, and household constraints fit together.
Storm surge map
Review why surge risk is local and separate from hurricane category, especially for coastal counties.
High-Intent Florida City Shortcuts
Orlando Hurricane Tracker
Orlando hurricane planning focuses on rainfall flooding, tornadoes, falling trees, heat, and multi-day outages even when the storm center stays near the coast.
Miami Hurricane Tracker
Miami households should know their evacuation zone, flood exposure, bridge and causeway routes, and backup destination before a watch becomes a warning.
Tampa Hurricane Tracker
Tampa Bay storm surge and bridge access can drive decisions before peak wind, so residents should compare official evacuation zones with household mobility needs.
Fort Myers Hurricane Tracker
Fort Myers households should treat storm surge, river flooding, and barrier-island access as early decisions because routes can become limited before peak wind.
Local searches covered by these city paths: Orlando hurricane tracker, Orlando storm surge, Orlando evacuation zones, Miami hurricane tracker, Miami storm surge, Miami evacuation zones, Tampa hurricane tracker, Tampa storm surge, Tampa evacuation zones, Fort Myers hurricane tracker, Fort Myers storm surge, Fort Myers evacuation zones.
Florida Gulf Hurricane Tracker Connections
Florida Gulf searches overlap with Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama storm questions. Use the Gulf basin page first, then open the state page closest to your location.