Power outages, some damage reported with Sunday storms

Storms early Sunday knocked out power to about 5,000 Oklahoma City customers, and outages were reported across the state.

Okmulgee County Emergency Management officials declared a state of emergency following severe overnight storms in the area that caused damage to buildings, residential homes and trees that stretched from Okmulgee Lake to South 320 Road.

More than 5,000 Oklahoma Gas & Electric customers statewide were still without power by 5 p.m. Sunday. Fewer than 1,200 of those customers were in Oklahoma City.

Public Service of Oklahoma spokesman Stan Whiteford confirmed there were “scattered outages” related to the weather in Sand Springs, Okmulgee and McAlester that impacted a combined 1,300 customers. White ford said about 6,500 people in south Tulsa were without power due to an issue inside a control room at a substation. It is unclear whether the substation was affected by the storm.

The storms dumped 5.37 inches of rain in Fairview and 5.16 inches of rain in Okemah in the 24-hour period ending at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the Oklahoma Mesonet. Chandler saw 4.44 inches or rain in the same time period, and 3.33 inches fell on Lake Eufaula, according to the Mesonet.

Less than 2 inches of rain was reported at sites in Oklahoma County.

It was the second night running where severe thunderstorms knocked out power to more than 5,000 OG&E customers.

There is a 50 percent chance of heavy rain in Oklahoma City through Monday, but temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-90s by Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.