Utility Crews Work To Restore Power After Storms Hit NE Oklahoma

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TULSA, OK -- Thunderstorms which produced winds of over 80 MPH in Creek and Tulsa counties along with a tornado in west Tulsa, knocked out power for thousands of customers Thursday morning. 

Both PSO and OG&E scrambled utility crews Thursday to fix downed lines and broken power poles across the region.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported nearly 40,000 customers without power during the morning hours and by noon that number had been reduced to 28,000. 

PSO says 80 percent of those customers should have power restored by Thursday evening with the rest getting their power back by late Friday morning. 

Meanwhile, Oklahoma Gas and Electric reported power outages in their service area which includes Bristow, Sapulpa, Glenpool, Bristow and Bixby of about 2,000 Thursday morning. 

By noon, OG&E said the outage number was fewer than 1,700.