Storm Bringing Down Trees, Power Lines and Transformers Across Bay County
Fri Oct 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM CT · PANAMA CITY · Bay County
Severe weather is bringing down trees and power lines across Bay County. In the past hour, dispatch aired: a tree on power lines blocking Reef Street on the beach; lines down blocking traffic near Reid Street and near East Pierson Drive and Harvard Boulevard; a power pole down at Ohio Avenue and West 9th Street in Lynn Haven with police rerouting traffic; several blown transformers on North Gulf Boulevard; a transformer on fire at St.
Jude’s Baptist Church near Jones Avenue and West 23rd Street; a line down and arcing with a tree catching fire near West 19th Court; trees blocking Lyndell Lane at Middle Beach Road and lying across railroad tracks near 15th Street and the coast highway; and traffic lights out at 15th Street and Livingston Avenue.
Treat every downed line as live. Details are preliminary and based on early dispatch traffic.
What we know
- Reported: Fri Oct 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM CT
- Location: Bay County
- Community: PANAMA CITY
- Status: Preliminary – not an official report
Confirmed vs. not yet known
| HEARD ON DISPATCH | Severe weather is bringing down trees and power lines across Bay County. In the past hour, dispatch aired: a tree on power lines blocking Reef Street on the beach; lines down blocking traffic near Reid Street and near East Pierson Drive and Harvard Boulevard; a power pole down at Ohio Avenue and West 9th Street in Lynn Haven with police rerouting traffic; several blown transformers on North Gulf Boulevard; a transformer on fire at St. |
| PRELIMINARY | This comes from a short radio clip and has not been confirmed by an agency. |
| NOT KNOWN | Cause, citations and how long traffic was affected. |
Dispatch timeline
Call heard on Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch.
No further radio traffic about this call is in the clip we have. This page is updated if an agency releases more.
Source: Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch audio, auto-transcribed.
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