Update: As of 4:30pm Friday, April 26th, Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative has restored power to all Cooperative Members who’s home is safe to receive power. If you are a Cooperative Member and are without power, please report your outage by calling 1 (800) 392-5986 as we are not aware that you are out
Update: As of 1:20pm Friday, April 26th, as Deep East Texas Electric Co-op crews make repairs, please understand that those with power may experience random short outages as crews work to restore others safely. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Update: As of 9:30 AM, April 26, 2019, Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is reporting less than 200 members without power in San Augustine County. These members are in areas impacted by downed poles and lines due to tornado activity. Crews are working to restore power as quickly and as safely as possible.
Update: As of 10:15 PM, power to the San Augustine Substation has been restored. Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative crews are now working to repair downed poles and lines serving the residential areas heavily impacted.
April 25, 2019 - As of 4:30 PM, we have 1,246 members remaining without power within San Augustine.
Crews are diligently working to restore the damage to the San Augustine substation. This morning’s goal was to have power restored to the substation by this evening. This task has proved to be more extensive than expected and the substation outage may continue into the night.
The San Augustine substation serves a portion of the City of San Augustine system and members along portions of Hwy 21 West, 147 South and North, FM 1751 and FM 2213.
After power is restored to the substation, crews will focus on rebuilding damaged lines and poles.
An EF-2 tornado struck the San Augustine area Wednesday night, according to a preliminary report from the National Weather Service Shreveport office. Though the survey is in the early stages, NWS surveyors believe the storm that struck the San Augustine area had winds of 111 to 135 mph. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, power poles broken, lines downed and homes damaged.
Above all, DETEC encourages everyone to keep safety a priority. Should you encounter a downed line, consider it live and dangerous.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this time.
April 25, 2019 - As of 8 AM, we have approximately 1,600 outages. Over 1,200 are within San Augustine County. The others are primarily in the Sabine County area around Rebel Ridge.
Around 11:20 PM a tornado hit the San Augustine area causing massive damage. For the Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative system – the San Augustine substation received damage and we are recording many poles and lines down. This substation serves the City of San Augustine and members along portions of Hwy 21 West, 147 South and North, FM 1751 and FM 2213. Repairs to the substation has began and we hope to have it back up this evening. Areas with more extensive damage will take more time as crews must make repairs to the downed lines and poles.
Above all, DETEC encourages everyone to keep safety a priority. Should you encounter a downed line, consider it live and dangerous.
