NOTICE FROM THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE:
ATTENTION:
911 service in Madison County has been affected by the storm. Verizon and its affiliated subscribers are able to contact 911 via phone call without any issues. Some cell providers, such as AT&T, are not able to reach 911 currently. If the phone call to 911 rings more than three times without an answer, you will have to call from a different provider. The text 911 feature is unavailable for all providers at this time.
Madison County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency phones are in and out of service. If you need to contact the Sheriff’s Office for non-emergency’s please call 936-348-2755 option 1, but know that it may take a couple of attempts.
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Hurricane Beryl caused widespread outages Monday morning. Over an estimated 2.1 Million CenterPoint customers in Houston alone were without power.
Locally the storm produced major outages with over 10,267 Entergy customers and 3,754 Sam Houston Electric customers without power in Walker County.
Elsewhere in the service area Entergy reported 152,048 Montgomery County Entergy customers without power.
Beryl left most of Southern Walker County without power. The storm rapidly lost intensity upon entering higher elevations in Northern areas of Montgomery County and Southern Walker County. Huntsville was greatly spared the wrath of the storm as the eye of the storm dramatically shifted.
As of 6:30 PM Monday, approximately 247,000 Entergy Texas customers were without power. Entergy Texas stated “a workforce of more than 1,300 damage assessors, vegetation crews, line workers, and support personnel have been mobilized to diligently restore power as quickly and safely as possible.”
People shouldn’t attempt to clear debris in contact with power lines, even though the power may appear to be off. A team of utility crews will be in the area over the next several days clearing debris from utility infrastructure and restoring the power.
Be patient and plan ahead as most restoration will likely take days, instead of hours due to the scope of the damage to the regionally impacted infrastructure.
The National Hurricane Center now predicts the eye of Beryl to pass near Huntsville. The Huntsville Area is predicted to receive the dirty side of the storm which is expected to be upgraded soon.
Huntsville area residents should secure all outside items to prevent flying debris and projectiles. Beryl shifts course closer to Huntsville. The Huntsville area can expect sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph. Wind gust of 80-90 MPH may occur, dangerous lightning, and the risk of tornadoes. This storm may produce tornadoes, dangerous lightning, and life threatening flash floods for our area.
The storm is now a dangerous Category 5 Hurricane with sustained wind of over 150 MPH.
The latest storm models show the storm making landfall along the Northern Gulf Coast of Mexico and South Texas after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula.
A weakening high pressure in the Gulf could change these models by this weekend. Stay updated as storm predictions are rapidly changing.
Hurricane Beryl is tracking West / Northwest towards the Yucatán Peninsula and is expected to enter into the Gulf of Mexico by Saturday.
The storm is now a dangerous Category 4 Hurricane with sustained wind of over 130 MPH.
The latest storm models show the storm making landfall in Mexico after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula and heading west into the Mexico coastline.
A weakening high pressure in the Gulf could change these models by this weekend. Stay updated as storm predictions may rapidly change.
