1. Hurrevac Modernization
Brandon Bolinski
FEMA Region IV – Atlanta, GA

2. Program History
HURREVAC was started in 1987 with a grant from FEMA to the South Carolina Emergency Management Agency
The program was developed by John Townsend (a meteorologist in the Charleston, SC office of the National Weather Service)
Earliest use was with Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

3. Program Versions
Early versions of Hurrevac were state-specific, with rudimentary DOS-based graphics
In 1998, a single version applicable to all regions, was introduced (dubbed HurWin95 for the Windows95 operating system)
Hurrevac2000 later expanded capabilities to include rainfall forecasts and Pacific storm tracking capabilities
Hurrevac2010 is the latest platform for the program, although it’s now referred to as just HURREVAC
The 2014 Season Version of HURREVAC is 1.4.1, as noted in the title bar of the main
program window.  This version is based upon a .NET program platform initially released
for the 2010 season and dubbed Hurrevac2010.  Previous platforms included Hurrevac2000,
HurWin95, and the DOS-based state editions dating back to the program's beginnings
in These previous platforms have now been phased out and are no longer supported
with a live feed of forecast data.

4. Program Versions New graphical and reporting capabilities
A new season release of HURREVAC is made available each year at the beginning of hurricane season to include some or all of the following:
New graphical and reporting capabilities
User interface and performance improvements
Updates in forecast products from the National Hurricane Center and other weather forecast offices
Updates in Hurricane Evacuation Study products
Older season versions on the Hurrevac2010 platform continue to be supported with a feed of real-time date, however it’s still recommended that you upgrade each year.

5. HURREVAC Enhancements for 2016
New POINTS OF INTEREST capabilities for variable rendering on the map and filtering in reports
Ability to record screen actions in HURREVAC and save them as ANIMATED GIFs for briefings
Graphing of CUMULATIVE WIND PROBABILITIES in addition to incremental probabilities
New option for displaying SURGE PROBABILITIES in the same depth ranges as NHC’s inundation graphic

6. Points of Interest Enhancements
Type: EOC

7. Points of Interest Enhancements
Types will appear in this list instead of single points, with a checkbox beside each for toggling its map display on/off
Points of Interest reports will be filterable by point type

8. Animated GIF Briefings
Draw a box to define the section of the screen you wish to capture.
Begin recording with CTRL-R.
Use program menus and buttons as usual to manipulate map or reports.
Stop recording with CTRL-R. A prompt will appear offering to save your screen capture as an animated GIF.

9. Wind prob graphic

10. Wind Probability Graph
Peaks in graph of incremental probabilities illustrates time interval in which onset of winds is most likely to occur

11. Wind Probability Graph
Graph of cumulative probabilities better illustrates overall risk of winds

12. Wind Probability Table

13. Storm Surge Probabilities 10% exceedance- feet abv ground

14. Storm Surge Probabilities

15. Storm Surge Probabilities
P-Surge in HURREVAC with identical color scheme
NHC Potential Storm Surge Flooding Map

16. The PowerPoint slide set for this presentation was too large to post to the website as a single file; instead, it has been divided into two parts .
Please go to “Hurrevac Modernization - Part Two” for the remainder of this session’s PowerPoint slides.