At Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative, one of our goals is to help you be weather aware so that you can be prepared for a possible power outage. With your safety in mind, we want to share this update about dangerous weather that could affect our area.  

The National Weather Service has issued strong to severe storms across North and Central Texas this afternoon into tonight.

In our area, forecasters are predicting heavy rain and high winds.

The worst of the weather is predicted to hit our area this afternoon.

The storms may cause isolated power outages.

Residents and businesses in our service area could be without electricity for several hours.

We encourage everyone to enable alerts and warnings on your mobile phone, monitor local news broadcasts, and identify a safe place to seek shelter in your home, especially a location such as an interior bathroom or closet.

When an outage occurs, power is first restored to substations and major lines, as well as to critical infrastructure in our area, such as hospitals, police departments, and other emergency responders.

Please be aware that sometimes during complicated repairs, you may have your lights come back on, only to have them go off again because we discover another problem that must be fixed.

For your safety, please stay away from any downed power lines.

For the safety of everyone, if you are using a portable electrical generator, do not tie it into your circuit panel. An improperly wired generator can send power into downed lines causing serious injury or death to you, a family member, a neighbor, or one of our repair crews. A generator can only be tied into a circuit panel if a licensed electrician has installed a transfer switch.

Although we post service updates to social media, we do not monitor social media for reports of outages. All outages must be reported by phone or text.

To report an outage or a downed power line, you can call or text 1-800-443-9462.

We will post any updates to our website at www.navasotavalley.com.