Suwannee County Sheriff

We've got all our crews in the field assessing damages and repairing outages. Additional assistance arrived earlier to help restore power and clear vegetation. We've restored power to 5,421 consumer-members since early this morning, and about 16.9% of our total membership was without power as of 5:00 p.m. today. (13.9% as of 5:30 p.m.) We know it's... frustrating and hard to be without power. For those still in the dark, we hear you and are working tirelessly to get as many people back on in the shortest amount of time possible. We will have 77 dedicated individuals working during the night to restore power, but to be safe, we always recommend that individuals with health issues make plans to spend the night with a friend or family member who has power. At this time we cannot provide estimated restoration times for specific locations. For your safety, please do not drive over a downed power line or remove vegetation from a line as it may be energized. Lastly, we thank you all for your continued support, patience and well wishes. We won't stop until our work is done. This will be our last post regarding TS Elsa as it has exited our area. The Tropical Storm Warning has been cancelled. We can still expect some breezy conditions for the next few hours and possibly some light rain. Were fortunate that the majority of the worst conditions forecasted by the NWS and NHC missed our area and our impacts were relatively minor. There is still a Flood Warning for the Suwannee River at Suwannee Springs and minor flooding is expected to occur over the next few days. If you have any questions, please contact the Suwannee County Sheriffs Office - Emergency Operations Center at 386-364-3405 as we will have staff here all night to meet our communities needs. ... See MoreSee Less We are in the process of ending our sheltering operations. Florida Department of Health has shut down the medically special needs shelter at Suwannee Springcrest Elementary School. We will be closing our general population shelter at Suwannee Pineview ...Read More