BROKEN ARROW, Okla. – City of Broken Arrow staff quickly responded Sunday morning to begin assessing the damage from the overnight storms, including extremely high straightline winds, that came through the community and left a significant number of homes and businesses without power.

Extensive tree damage, downed power lines, and customers without electricity have been reported across the city.

City Streets

Debris has been removed from arterial streets to ensure the roadways are passable and safe for citizens. Stop signs have been placed in several intersections where traffic signals are without power. If you approach an intersection without working traffic signals or a Stop sign, please treat the intersection as a 4-way stop.

There are a few streets, primarily in northeast Broken Arrow, that are closed with barricades. Please find an alternate route and do not drive around the barricades. The barricades are placed for your safety to avoid potential hazards ahead.

Trash, Recycling, Debris Collections

Tree debris may be placed at the curb in bundles of 4 feet or smaller. Leaves should be placed in clear bags and placed at the curb. Debris will be collected through June 30.

Solid Waste and Recycling crews will run routes as normal during the week of June 19 through 22.

During the week of June 26 through 30, we will pause recycling collections to focus on removal of tree debris. If you do not want your recycling to be dumped at the landfill, please do not put your blue cart at the curb on your day of service during the week of June 26. This pause in recycling collections will allow customers the time necessary to pick up debris from their property and place it at the curb.

Please do not place debris near fire hydrants.

Cooling Stations and Oxygen Tank Charging

Central Park Community Center, 1500 S. Main St., and Nienhuis Park Community Center, 3201 N. 9th St., will be open during normal business hours for customers who need a place of relief while power is out.

Individuals who need electricity to charge oxygen tanks, may come to the Public Safety Complex, 1101 N. 6th Street until 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 18, and between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Monday, June 19.

Power Restoration

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) has reported that it will be a multi-day recovery event to restore power due to the significant number of outages. As of 4:15 p.m., there were 25,385 customers without power in Broken Arrow.

If you approach downed power lines, please assume the lines are energized and stay away. Due to the significance of the outages, PSO expects to release estimated times of power restorations on Monday.

Please visit PSOklahoma.com/OutageMap or Facebook.com/PSOklahoma for outage status updates. You may call 1-833-PSO-OUTG to report an outage, safety hazard like downed wires, downed poles, or trees that have fallen on power lines.

Reporting Concerns

Please use the My Broken Arrow Action Center app to report concerns or issues across the city. The app is free for Apple and Google devices. We appreciate your patience while we respond to reported issues.