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Product Management Bulletin-PM-24-052 Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index Payment Indicator and Trigger Event Date for Debby 2024

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy /s/ Richard H. Flournoy
Deputy Administrator
Subject
Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) Payment Indicator and Trigger Event Date for Debby 2024

In accordance with Section 8 of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available by close of business today in the following formats:

The following counties were triggered for RY 2024 on August 5, 2024, for payment under the HIP-WI Endorsement.

CycloneStateCounty
Debby, 2024FloridaAlachua*Citrus*Columbia*
DixieGilchrist*Hamilton*
Jefferson*LafayetteLevy
Madison*Marion*Suwannee
Taylor  

*Adjacent County

The following counties were triggered for RY 2024 on August 4 to August 8, 2024, for payment under the Tropical Storm Option.

CycloneStateCounty
Debby, 2024FloridaBakerBradfordClay*
Duval*NassauPutnam*
Union  
GeorgiaApplingBacon*Brantley
Brooks*BryanBulloch
Burke*CamdenCandler
CharltonChathamClinch*
Echols*EffinghamEmanuel
EvansGlynn*Jeff Davis*
Jefferson*JenkinsJohnson*
Laurens*LibertyLong*
Lowndes*McIntosh*Montgomery
Pierce*ScrevenTattnall
ToombsTreutlenWare*
Wayne*Wheeler* 
North CarolinaBeaufort*Bladen*Brunswick
Carteret*ColumbusCraven*
Cumberland*DuplinEdgecombe*
Franklin*GreeneHarnett*
HokeHyde*Johnston
Jones*LenoirMoore*
Nash*New HanoverOnslow*
PamlicoPender*Pitt*
Richmond*RobesonSampson
Scotland*Wake*Wayne
Wilson  
South CarolinaAiken*AllendaleBamberg
BarnwellBeaufortBerkeley
Calhoun*CharlestonClarendon
ColletonDarlington*Dillon
DorchesterFlorenceGeorgetown*
HamptonHorryJasper
Lee*Lexington*Marion
Marlboro*OrangeburgSumter*
Williamsburg  

*Adjacent County

Attachment A provides a map of the county triggers. Attachment B (Text) provides a map of the four-day rainfall totals by county. Additional information on the policy, including frequently asked questions, videos, and a fact sheet, is available at https://www.rma.usda.gov/about-crop-insurance/highlighted-initiatives-plans/hurricane-insurance-protection-wind-index.


DISPOSAL DATE
12/31/2025