OG&E Storm Center

10:30 a.m. Update, March 16

As of 10:30 a.m., OG&E crews restored power to 98% of customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s high winds with approximately 1,100 customers remaining without power.  

We expect 100% of all customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s extreme winds and can take power to be restored by 10 p.m. tonight, Sunday, March 16. Power is restored to 100% of essential services including public works, emergency services, and schools in the impacted areas.

Estimated Times of Restoration

We understand how important it is for our customers to have power. Our crews have been and will continue to work around the clock until power is fully restored.

Below is a list of anticipated restoration times for customers who can take power.

• By 10 p.m., Saturday, March 15:
  • Southern Oklahoma, including Ardmore and Ada
  • West OKC Metro, including NW OKC west of Meridian, Yukon and El Reno, and surrounding communities  

• By 12 p.m. today, Sunday, March 16:
  • Northeast Oklahoma, including Kellyville, Muskogee

• By 10 p.m. today, Sunday, March 16:  
  • North, South and East Oklahoma City metro, including Del City, Forest Park, Guthrie, Norman, Midwest City, Moore, NW OKC east of Meridian, Shawnee, Seminole, South OKC, and other communities.

Guidance for Customers

• Assume any downed power line is hazardous and may be energized. Stay away from them and anything they are touching. Please do not drive over a downed power line. Report a downed power line by calling 800-522-6870.

• The public should avoid areas impacted by the storms so crews can work safely and quickly to restore power to customers who are without service.

• As we clear tree limbs that are interfering with power lines and have damaged equipment, vegetation crews will take tree and brush debris from the customer’s yard to the curb but are unable to remove this debris from the customer’s property.

• Restoring power may require accessing customer property. Please ensure our crews have access and that you secure any animals.

• Customers need to be able to take power at their homes and businesses and may need a certified electrician to repair a weather head, meter base, or service cable.

Shelters/Other Resources

The American Red Cross and Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief are offering food at shelters and providing emergency supplies. For Oklahoma residents seeking non-emergency disaster or health and human service information, please contact your local 211.

Here is information on shelters for those evacuated in the following areas:

• Ada - Ada Comfort Shelter, 115 N Turner St
• Camargo
  • Vici Community Building, 604 Main Vici
  • Vici Town Hall
  • Cheyenne and Arapaho Building, Woodward
• Coalgate - Coalgate First Baptist Chruch, 106 W Hanover
• Colcord - West Siloam Assembly of God, 5524 Cedar Dr
• Chandler - Lincoln Co Fairgrounds, 1023 W 15th St
• Checotah - Checotah City Hall, 200 Broadway
• Duncan - Stephens County Fair Ground, 2002 13th St
• Durant - Hands of Hope Food and Resource Center, 724 W Main St (Overnight)
• Elk City - Elk City First Baptist Church, 1600 W Contry Club Blvd
• Guthrie
  • Charter Oak Elementary
  • Community Church, Seward & 1-35

• Hugo - Compassion of Christ Ministries, 301 W. Main

• Luther - Luther Community Center, 18120 Hog Back Road (Overnight)
• Mannford - 1st Methodist Church of Mannford, 100 E Greenwood Ave (Overnight)

• Norman
  • Crosspointe Church, 2601 24th Ave
  • Little Axe Rec Center, Hwy 68 and Hwy 9
• Pryor - Pryor Impact Center of Oklahoma, 315 N Adair (Overnight + Food)
• Sand Springs - Case Community Center, 1050 W. Wekiwa Rd
• Shawnee
  • Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd (Overnight)
  • Life Church, 5113 N Harrison

• Stillwater
  • Stillwater Community Center, 315W 8th
  • Stillwater Church of Christ, 821 N Duck St
  • Stillwater High School, 1224 N Husband St
  • Senior Activity Center, 1015 E 12th
  • Payne County Fair Grounds, 4518 Expo Circle East (Overnight)
  • Sunnybrook Christain Church, 421 E Richmond Rd (Overnight)
• Temple - Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse, 125 N. Commercial Ave
  

• Lecompton, KS - Stull United Methodist Church, 1596 E 250 Rd

• Colby, KS - Colby Community College, 1255 S. Range Ave

Find additional shelters in your area here.

How to Help

Payne County

• Donation drop off center at Stillwater Armory,315 E 9^th, open Saturday, March 15^th 1-6p.m.
• Needed: Bottled water, Gatorade, packaged food/snacks and pet food
• Monetary donations for Stillwater Strong Relief
• To volunteer, please email stillwaterstrongrelief@gmail.com with the word “VOLUNTEER” in the subject

Town of Depew

• Supplies requested at firehouses:
  • Bottled water, Gatorade/Powerade, Liquid IV or any electrolyte-heavy water
  • Beef jerky, packaged nuts, granola bars or othernon-perishables
  • Chap stick, eye drops, baby wipes, and socks
  • Ziplock bags (gallon and quart)
  • Ibuprofen, Advil, Aleve, Tylenol and non-drowsy allergy medication

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7 p.m. Update, March 15

As of 7:00 p.m., power has been restored to 95% of customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s extreme high winds with approximately 3,500 customers remaining without power.  

We expect 100% of all customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s extreme winds and can take power to be restored by 10 p.m. Sunday. Power is currently restored to 91% of essential services including public works, emergency services, and schools in the impacted areas. We expect 100% of essential services to be restored by 10 p.m. tonight.

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Damage Evaluation Update

Approximately 1,700 operational and support personnel are responding by repairing the grid and restoring power to homes and businesses that can accept power. So far damage to the grid includes downed power lines, 331 broken power poles, 48 transformers, 132,000 feet of wire, damaged transmission structures, tree damage to equipment, broken cross arms and other equipment attached to poles.

Extreme winds with gusts of 50-60 miles per hour moved through OG&E’s service area yesterday, causing outages and damage. Winds decreased overnight and have remained around 15-25 miles per hour with gusts up to 35 MPH today.  

Friday's extreme wind impacted customers across all of OG&E's 30,000 square mile service area.

Following storms, OG&E will bring tree and brush debris to the curb, however customers are responsible for removing the debris. City and county resources for debris removal may be available and will vary by community.

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4:30 p.m. Update, March 15

As of 4:30 p.m., power has been restored to 92% of customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s extreme high winds with approximately 5,000 customers remaining without power.

We expect 100% of all customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s extreme winds and who can take power to be restored by 10 p.m. Sunday night.

11 a.m. Update, March 15

As of 10:45 a.m., power has been restored to 83% of customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s extreme high winds with approximately 10,300 customers remaining without power.

Approximately 1,700 operational and support personnel are responding by repairing the grid and restoring power to homes and businesses that can accept power. While evaluations are ongoing, damage to the grid includes downed power lines, 200 broken power poles, damaged transmission structures, tree damage to equipment, broken cross arms and other equipment attached to poles.  

We expect 95% of all customers who experienced an outage from Friday’s extreme winds and can take power to be restored by the end of the day on Sunday. Estimated restoration times will be available for specific outages when all damage evaluations are complete.

Power is currently restored to 59% of essential services in the impacted areas. Once we've repaired the power grid, we prioritize restoration for the community's essential services, such as hospitals, police stations, fire departments, public works, schools, and other critical infrastructure.  

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7:30 p.m. Update, March 14

Extreme winds with gusts of 50-60 miles per hour continue to move through OG&E’s service area, causing outages and damage. Winds are expected to decrease overnight.

As of 7:30 p.m., approximately 24,600 customers are without power due to high winds across the service area. Power has been restored to 54% of customers who experienced an outage today.

We encourage everyone to avoid areas impacted by today’s winds so crews can work safely and quickly to restore power. Assume any downed power line is hazardous and may be energized. Stay away from them and anything they are touching.

Additional crews are being mobilized throughout the service area tonight and will be ready to continue work first thing tomorrow morning. Estimated times of restoration will be available after we fully evaluate damage to the system. Crews will continue restoring service and will prioritize hazard calls such as those from police and fire, as well as downed lines overnight.

Once we repair the power grid, restoration is prioritized for essential services, including hospitals, police stations, fire departments, public works, and other critical infrastructure. As those facilities come online, crews will focus on individual homes and businesses experiencing an outage.

Following storms, OG&E will bring tree and brush debris to the curb; however, customers are responsible for removing the debris. City and county resources for debris removal may be available and will vary by community.  

Challenges/Safety during wind events:  

• In high winds, we do not use the buckets in bucket trucks or other aerial equipment because of increased risk to crews up in the air, this may delay power restoration efforts until crews can safely resume work.  

• We may completely de-energize lines before working on them or reconnecting them during high wind events.  

• Other safety procedures may be enhanced to secure all vehicles and personnel involved in restoration when wind is an element our teams need to consider.
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OG&E customers can quickly report and monitor outages:  

• Use our app to submit a report (available on iOS and Android)

• Submit a report online at OGE.com/outages

• Text OUT to 32001 if signed up for myOGEalerts

• Call 405-272-9595 (OKC metro) or 800-522-6870 (all other areas)

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4 p.m. Update, March 14

Extreme winds with gusts of up to 70 mph are moving through OG&E’s service area, causing outages. Repairs are underway to restore power, however crews may be unable to immediately work in areas with continued high winds. Our first priority is always to keep our crews and customers safe.

As of 4 p.m., approximately 38,000 customers are without power due to high winds across the service area.  

High winds can make working on the grid dangerous, and OG&E modifies its work during high winds to keep our crews and customers safe. Should outages occur, crews will work as quickly and safely as possible, provided it’s safe to do so.  

Stay away from downed power lines and anything they are touching – assume any downed line may be energized. Please do not drive over a downed power line. Report downed power lines by calling 800-522-6870.