The Tallahassee area is under a Tropical Storm Watch as Tropical Storm Idalia is near Cuba. It’s heading north on a potential track to come ashore as a potentially major (Cat 3) hurricane along Florida’s northern Gulf coast early Wednesday.
Leon County and the City of Tallahassee have sandbags available to the public at the locations listed below.
- Leon County's Northeast Branch Library, 5513 Thomasville Road (County)
- Apalachee Regional Park (Solid Waste Management Facility), 7550 Apalachee Parkway (County)
- Fred George Park, 3043 Capital Circle NW (County)
- At the intersection of Oak Ridge at Ranchero roads (County)
- Fort Braden Community Park, 15000 Blountstown Hwy (County)
- Mike Blankenship Skate Park, 2909 Jackson Bluff Road (City)
- Former Northwood Centre site off Tharpe Street (City)
Leon County will staff these sites and sandbag fillers are now available to assist residents in quickly filling sandbags. Sand, bags and ties will be available for public use. Residents are asked to take no more than 15 bags so as to allow others to prepare.
At the City of Tallahassee locations, sandbags are limited to 25 bags per household. Citizens need to bring shovels to fill bags themselves. Locations will not be staffed, but crews will monitor and provide additional sand and bags as needed.
