Over 4,000 people in Tulsa are without power after a widespread outage caused by a power flash and multiple downed lines. PSO crews are on the scene and working to restore service across a broad area of Midtown Tulsa. Use the outage map to track updates or report outages at outagemap.psoklahoma.com.
If you or someone you know needs a warm place, several warming shelters are open with beds allocated based on capacity. Locations include:
- John 3:16 Mission, 506 North Cheyenne Avenue, open 24/7
- Tulsa Day Center, 415 West Archer Street, open 24/7 (pets allowed with limited capacity)
- Salvation Army, Downtown Tulsa, 102 North Denver Avenue, open 24/7
- Be Heard Winter Weather Shelter, East Tulsa, 7216 East Admiral Place, open 24/7 (pets allowed, adults only)
Please share this information with neighbors who may need it and check on vulnerable individuals during this cold weather. Stay safe and warm.
Original context: The outage map indicates thousands in Tulsa are affected from Riverside Drive to beyond East 21 Street to E 81 Street, with crews addressing the outage and no official restoration time yet. The cause is under investigation. A cold front is moving through Oklahoma, bringing teens and single-digit wind chills this weekend, followed by a warming trend next week.
For statewide outage information, various maps are available from PSO, OG&E, VVEC, IEC, and the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, noting overlap in some regions. This is a developing story; please refresh for updates.
