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Emergencies and alerts
What is happening now in Bay County: weather warnings, evacuation orders, open shelters, boil-water notices and road closures, gathered from the National Weather Service, the county and the cities every few minutes. Look up your evacuation zone, find every shelter and get alerts on your phone.
Find my zone →Hurricane prep →In an emergency, call 911. Follow instructions from emergency officials.
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Your evacuation zone
From Bay County's evacuation zone mapThe four evacuation zones, A, B, C and D, are areas where storm surge may go. Zone A is along the water and is usually the first zone considered for evacuation. Depending on the storm and the surge expected, Zone B is next, then C, and finally D. Zones are set from storm surge models and the lay of the land, not flood insurance maps.
If you're not in an evacuation zone, Bay County recommends sheltering in place: secure your home and yard, close windows and doors, bring pets inside and stay in an interior room. In past storms the county has also told people in mobile or manufactured homes to leave, in any zone, so read each order.
Type an address to see its zone, whether an order covers it and the nearest county shelters.
Happening now
Most serious firstPrecautionary Boil Water Notice for Panama City some residents of Fairy Ave & Baker Court Updated on Oct 27, 2026
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Precautionary Boil Water Notice for Panama City residents of 901, 909, 910, 912, 915 Fairy Ave & 1408 Baker Court. Update: Water restored at 6:00 PM Monday evening, October 26, 2026.
Precautionary Boil Water Notice issued for Brandeis Ave, Stanford Rd, Huntingdon Rd, & Rutgers Dr. Updated on Oct 27, 2026
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Precautionary Boil Water Notice issued for Brandeis Ave, Stanford Rd, Huntingdon Rd, & Rutgers Dr for Tues., Oct. 27 due to scheduled system upgrades. Update: Updated Maintenance Window: Water service will be interrupted starting at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday October 27, 2026, and ending at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday October 27 , 2026, due to scheduled system upgrades. A precautionary boil water notice will be in effect for this area once service is restored.
Precautionary Boil Water Notice for Manistee Drive
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Due to an install of a new section of water main, 104-181 Manistee Drive is under a Precautionary Boil Water Notice in Panama City Beach.
Road Closure Notice: Michigan Ave. between W 22nd St. and W 20th Ct.
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ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE: Michigan Avenue – Road Work
Reuse System Temporarily Out of Service
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The City of Lynn Haven advises customers that the reuse water system is temporarily out of service as of Thursday, October 22, 2026, due to repair of a broken reuse water main.
Reuse System Offline Due to Repair
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The City of Lynn Haven advises customers that the reuse water system is temporarily out of service as of Thursday, October 22, 2026, through November 1, 2026, due to repair of a broken reuse water main.
Nothing of this kind right now.
Road closures cover state roads (FL511) and the closures cities post. City and county notices stay listed while their alert center lists them; news posts about storms and closures stay for 10 days.
Shelters
Status as Bay County posted it, Nov 3, 2025Bay County Emergency Services opens shelters with Bay District Schools and the Florida Department of Health. Not every shelter opens for every storm, and shelters are a last resort: plan to stay with family or friends outside the zone if you can. Special needs shelters need registration ahead of time.
Special needs · Special Needs Shelters
These shelters are designated for individuals with medical, access, or functional needs who cannot safely evacuate to a general population shelter. Pre-registration through the Florida Special Needs Registry is required.
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Deane Bozeman Learning Center (Primary Special Needs Shelter)13410 Highway 77, Panama City, FL 32409
General population · General Population (Risk-Based) Shelters
These shelters are intended for the general public during evacuations and are selected for their safety standards, capacity, and geographic distribution.
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Deer Point Elementary School4800 County Road 2321, Panama City, FL 32404
In evacuation Zone D
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Merritt Brown Middle School5044 Merritt Brown Way, Panama City, FL 32404
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Tommy Smith Elementary School5044 Tommy Smith Drive, Panama City, FL 32404
Functions as an overflow site for Merritt Brown Middle School.
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Rutherford High School1000 School Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401
Mass care support · Mass Care Support Shelter
This facility is designated to support large-scale shelter operations and may serve as a technical support site during mass care incidents.
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Tom P. Haney Technical College (Haney Technical Center)3016 Highway 77, Panama City, FL 32405
After the storm · Recovery Shelter Locations
These shelters are used during the post-impact phase to support residents who are displaced and unable to return home immediately following a disaster.
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Bay County Fairgrounds2230 East 15th Street, Panama City, FL 32405
Overflow and extreme weather · Alternate Risk and Extreme Weather Shelter
This location is activated on an as-needed basis to support overflow during major emergencies or to provide warming/cooling shelter during extreme temperatures.
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A.D. Harris Learning Village819 East 11th Street, Panama City, FL 32401
The status updates here within minutes of the county changing its shelter page. Bring medicines, bedding, ID and supplies for a few days; check whether a shelter takes pets before you go.
The four evacuation zones
Zone A leaves firstA
Zone A: Along the waterFirst zone considered for evacuation.
B
Zone B: Next zone inland from Zone ANext, depending on the storm and the surge expected.
C
Zone C: Farther inlandAfter Zone B, for storms with higher surge.
D
Zone D: Farthest inland of the four zonesLast zone, for the highest surge.
Simplified shapes; dots are county shelters. Check an exact address above or on the county's map.
Get alerts
On your phoneIn the BayCounty.me app, turn on alerts under Emergencies: weather warnings, evacuation orders, shelter openings, boil-water notices for the cities you pick, and agenda items near a place you save.
AlertBayBay County's own text, call and email alerts, for unincorporated Bay County, every city and the schools.
Email from BayCounty.meWeekly updates for the governments you follow, plus alerts for one thing.
Hurricane prepSandbags, generator safety, a kit and a plan, what to do after a storm, and the FEMA money past storms brought each ZIP code.
Weather radio and NWSThe National Weather Service office in Tallahassee issues every watch and warning for Bay County.
Phone numbers and links
Call
Emergency: call 911
911Fire, medical or police emergency, or anyone in danger.
Bay County Emergency Operations Center (non-emergency)
850-248-6040Questions about evacuation zones, shelters and storm preparation.
Citizens Information Center
850-248-6090Opened during storms and recovery for questions about debris, damage and county services.
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AlertBay emergency notifications
The county's own text, call and email alerts for unincorporated Bay County, every city and Bay District Schools. Pick the areas you want.
Florida Special Needs Registry (Bay County)
Register before a storm if you or someone you care for needs help evacuating or a special needs shelter (oxygen, power-dependent equipment, limited mobility).
Plan
Bay County evacuation zone map
The county's interactive map of zones A to D, with evacuation routes.
Bay County Disaster Preparedness Guide
Supply checklists, evacuation steps, pets, flood insurance and re-entry after a storm.
Post-disaster re-entry
How and when residents can return to areas closed after a storm.
Florida evacuation orders and zones
Statewide zone lookup and current evacuation orders by county.
Weather
National Weather Service Tallahassee
The forecast office for Bay County: forecasts, radar and every watch and warning.
National Hurricane Center
Storm tracks, cones and surge forecasts.
Beach safety flags
What the beach warning flag colors mean.
Roads
FL511 traffic and road closures
511State road closures, crashes and construction. Call 511 or use the map.
Power
FPL power outage map
800-468-8243Most of Bay County. Report an outage and see restoration times.
Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative outage map
800-568-3667Northern and eastern Bay County members.
Water
Panama City Beach boil-water information
What a precautionary boil-water notice means and how long it lasts.
Recent notices
The last 90 days14 notices
The archive started on October 27, 2026; older notices aren't on file. Every notice: emergency-notices (7 storm update, 3 boil-water notice, 2 water or utility, 2 road closure).
Where this comes from
- Weather alerts are every active watch, warning and advisory the National Weather Service issues for Bay County's land and coastal zones.
- Boil-water notices, closures and storm updates come from the alert centers and news feeds of Bay County, Panama City, Panama City Beach and Lynn Haven. Callaway, Springfield, Parker and Mexico Beach don't publish a feed we can read yet; check their sites or AlertBay.
- State road closures come from FL511, the Florida Department of Transportation's traffic service, for Bay County.
- Shelters come from Bay County Emergency Services' shelter page; each address is placed on the map with the county's address points. Zones are the county's evacuation zone map.
- Everything is checked every 5 minutes. BayCounty.me is an independent site: when an order or notice here differs from what emergency officials say, follow the officials.
- Data: /api/v1/emergency (live) · /api/v1/evacuation-zone · emergency-notices · emergency-shelters · evacuation-zones · emergency-resources.