Severe weather moved through Escambia County late Sunday night into early morning Monday, April 20. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities reported. The 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Center received multiple calls about damage primarily near Cantonment, Ensley, Beulah and Molino, with trees, limbs and power lines down.
There were reports of fallen trees on houses and impacts to mobile homes. Escambia County Fire Rescue responded to multiple calls, and the Road Department has been working to cut trees and clear roads. The Road Department will also pick up debris that residents place near the road. It is expected to take a couple of weeks to clean up all the debris.
Please see the following traffic signal status:
FDOT – FDOT Contractor under Construction
Highway 29 at Broad Street – Has been reset
Highway 29 at Muscogee Road – Needs signal head realignment
Highway 29 at 9 ½ Mile Road – Had a power failure, working properly
Highway 90A at Navy Federal Way – Not Storm Related – Ingram maintenance underway for video detection
Escambia County Maintenance
Kingsfield Road at County Road 297A – Needs signal head realignment
Ninth Avenue at Olive Road – Has been reset, working properly
Davis Highway at Olive Road – Has been reset, working properly
Highway 29 at Tate School Road – Reset, working properly
W Street at Massachusetts Avenue – Work Order in for the Street Sign to be realigned
Highway 29 at Tree Street – Detection camera needs maintenance, visual inspection underway
Fairfield Drive at Texar Drive – Detection camera needs maintenance, work order pending
Highway 90 at Bellview Avenue – Communication inop, checking for issues
County crews are visually inspecting all other 89 locations that do not have cameras.
Gulf Power
Since the severe storms hit overnight, Gulf Power has restored power to more than 16,000 customers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. As of noon, approximately 7,000 customers remained without power in the two counties. Most customers should expect to have power restored by 6 p.m.; however, customers in heavily impacted areas where poles are being replaced and conductors repaired due to trees toppling over may be out well into Monday evening.
Before the storms hit, Escambia and Santa Rosa county crews were staged and worked all night. About 100 Gulf Power crews from areas in Okaloosa, Walton and Bay counties are now working in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, as well as contractors from those areas. Along with Gulf Power crews and contractors they have brought in an additional 150 resources to assist with this restoration effort so they can get power restored more quickly.
They understand how challenging it is to be without electricity, especially in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and they assure you that they are working around the clock to restore power safely and as quickly as possible. They appreciate your patience during this difficult time. Gulf Power asks that everyone follow social distancing rules near crews to protect them and all customers.
If you’re out of power, the outage map is the best way to check on the status of your outage; enter your address and the map will provide the most up-to-date estimate of when your service will be restored. You can get to the outage map by visiting map.gulfpower.com, or through your mobile Gulf Power app. You can also report your outage through the Gulf Power app or by visiting GulfPower.com
Escambia County residents are encouraged to sign up for emergency alerts on myescambia.com, like Escambia County Emergency Management on Facebook and follow @BeReadyEscambia on Twitter. Follow the US National Weather Service Mobile Alabama or weather.gov/mob for the most up to date weather reports in our area.
