Thousands without electricity power following night of tornadoes

 

 

Nearly 40,000 customers of utilities in Oklahoma were without power following Monday night tornadoes that danced around the state, including one that hit the northeast city of Barnsdale, killing one person.

Most of those without electrical power were customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric. By Tuesday afternoon, crews had already restored power to 88% of the 38,000 customers who experienced outages during the extreme storms. Only 4,400 remained witout power as of 2 p.m.

OG&E anticipated power to be restored later in the afternoon to areas

  • 4 p.m. : Metro west and north including Eagle City, Mustang, Yukon, Guthrie, Langston, N. OKC  
  • 4 p.m. : Southern part of service area including Ardmore, Dickson, Elmore City, Lone Grove 
  • 6 p.m. : Northeast part of service area including Bristow, Bixby, Checotah, Boynton, Muskogee, Perkins 
  • 10 p.m. : Northwest part of service area including Bison, Douglas, Drummond, Enid,  Hennessey, Orlando, Waukomis  

Public Service Company reported about 90 customers in the northeast part of the state were without power early Tuesday.

The Oklahoma Rural Electric Cooperatives Association reported more than 2,000 customers were without power. Three of the hardest hit areas were in Craig County where 552 customers of the Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative did not have power as of Tuesday morning. In Osage County, 545 customers of Indian Electric Cooperative, Inc, Kay Electric Cooperative and Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative didn’t hae electrical power.

In Adair County, 345 members of the Ozarks Electric Cooperative were listed as without electricity.

Other outages are listed:

Benton County (AR)

1 member-consumers without power.

  • Ozarks Electric Cooperative: 1
Madison County (AR)
43 member-consumers without power.

  • Ozarks Electric Cooperative: 43
Washington County (AR)
71 member-consumers without power.

  • Ozarks Electric Cooperative: 71
Blaine County (OK)
3 member-consumers without power.

  • Cimarron Electric Cooperative: 3
Caddo County (OK)
3 member-consumers without power.

  • CKenergy Electric Cooperative: 3
Cherokee County (OK)
35 member-consumers without power.

  • Lake Region Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 2
  • Ozarks Electric Cooperative: 33
Cleveland County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Oklahoma Electric Cooperative: 1
Custer County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • CKenergy Electric Cooperative: 1
Delaware County (OK)
148 member-consumers without power.

  • Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative: 148
Garfield County (OK)
2 member-consumers without power.

  • Central Rural Electric Cooperative: 1
  • Cimarron Electric Cooperative: 1
Garvin County (OK)
5 member-consumers without power.

  • Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 5
Grady County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
Kay County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Kay Electric Cooperative: 1
Kingfisher County (OK)
2 member-consumers without power.

  • Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 2
Le Flore County (OK)
2 member-consumers without power.

  • Kiamichi Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 2
Lincoln County (OK)
157 member-consumers without power.

  • Central Rural Electric Cooperative: 157
Logan County (OK)
30 member-consumers without power.

  • Central Rural Electric Cooperative: 30
Major County (OK)
3 member-consumers without power.

  • Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 2
  • Cimarron Electric Cooperative: 1
Mayes County (OK)
4 member-consumers without power.

  • Lake Region Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
  • Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative: 3
McClain County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Oklahoma Electric Cooperative: 1
Noble County (OK)
149 member-consumers without power.

  • Central Rural Electric Cooperative: 148
  • Indian Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
Nowata County (OK)
11 member-consumers without power.

  • Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative: 11
Ottawa County (OK)
43 member-consumers without power.

  • Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative: 43
Pawnee County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Indian Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
Payne County (OK)
2 member-consumers without power.

  • Central Rural Electric Cooperative: 1
  • Indian Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
Pottawatomie County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
Rogers County (OK)
2 member-consumers without power.

  • Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative: 2
Seminole County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
Sequoyah County (OK)
100 member-consumers without power.

  • Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 92
  • Ozarks Electric Cooperative: 8
Tulsa County (OK)
1 member-consumers without power.

  • Indian Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 1
Washington County (OK)
115 member-consumers without power.

  • Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative: 115