The City of Tulsa, Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency (TAEMA), and various community partners are responding to winter weather and extreme cold temperatures.
Streets Update
City of Tulsa street crews are continuing with plowing operations as snow continues to fall. This evening and overnight, crews will switch to group snow plowing. Early morning operations will focus on salt application.
As background, the City of Tulsa is responsible for clearing snow and ice from all arterial (main) streets, but not from most major highways that pass through. The only highways the City treats are the Gilcrease Expressway (except for the Turnpike extension), and the L.L. Tisdale Expressway. All other highway segments in Tulsa (i.e. I-44, I-244, Broken Arrow Expressway, the Creek Turnpike, Highway 169, etc.) are the responsibility of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The City's snow and ice routes, in addition to the resources the City has to treat Tulsa's roads, can be found online at www.cityoftulsa.org/winterpreparedness.
Reporting an Accident
Due to hazardous road conditions and the amount of accidents the City’s public safety departments responded to today, travel is ill-advised.
If you must be out and find yourself in a traffic accident, please use the following guidelines:
⦁ Fender bender, no injuries - Be aware of your surroundings; pull over somewhere safe and don't stop in the middle of a slick road or highway; exchange information; safely leave the scene; make reports online when you’re somewhere safe.
⦁ Inoperable/stuck vehicle - Call Tulsa Police Non-Emergency at (918) 596-9222
⦁ Injury crash/life-threatening emergency - Call 911
Getting People Inside
Outreach teams from A Way Home for Tulsa agencies are continuing to work to ensure those experiencing homelessness have knowledge of safe and warm spaces available to them. While all area shelters currently have the space to meet needs, the City and its partners are continuing to monitor capacity/occupancy and will make adjustments to the plan if additional space is warranted.
To see the complete list of area shelters, in addition to needed donation items and how you can report someone in need of shelter, visit Housing Solutions' Winter Weather Resources page at www.housingsolutionstulsa.org/get-help/winter-weather-information/
City Service Impacts for Wednesday, Feb. 19
⦁ City Hall - Cashier stations on the main floor at City Hall and at the Permit Center on 4th floor will be closed through Wednesday. Additionally, the Clerk’s Office will be closed Wednesday and the regular meeting for the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (TMPAC) is canceled on Wednesday.
⦁ Tulsa Municipal Court – Tulsa Municipal Court will close again Wednesday and cases scheduled for Feb. 18 and Feb. 19 will be automatically rescheduled for April 3.
⦁ Tulsa Animal Services – The Tulsa Animal Services shelter at 3031 N. Erie Ave. will be closed through Wednesday for public adoptions. Lost pet adoptions and return-to-owner services will remain unaffected.
⦁ Development Services Inspections – Inspections from the City’s Development Services department will be canceled through Wednesday and resume when neighborhood street conditions improve. We will be doing emergency gas meter inspections (pending weather severity). To schedule an inspection for critical utility repairs, contact Stephen Scott at (918) 519-8769 for Plumbing and Mechanical, Curtis Blevins at (918) 857-4004 for Building, or Steve Malugani at (918) 519-8746 for Electrical.
Tulsa Parks Closures
⦁ All Tulsa Parks Recreation Centers will be closed through Wednesday, including Centennial, Oxley Nature Center and Tulsa Garden Center.
⦁ Mohawk and Page Belcher Golf Courses will be closed until at least Friday. Re-opening will be determined by course conditions.
⦁ The Williams Crossing Pedestrian Bridge and unheated restrooms will be closed until at least Thursday. Trails will not be plowed until after snowfall has ceased so trails may be hazardous.
⦁ The Tulsa Zoo will be closed through Thursday.
⦁ The Tulsa Performing Arts Center, BOK event center, and Convention Center will be closed to the public through Wednesday. At this point, public events scheduled for this weekend will go on as planned.
While in-person services are closed, most City business can be conducted online or over the phone:
⦁ Turn on, transfer, shut-off, or pay City utilities: www.cityoftulsa.org/utilities
⦁ Pay a traffic ticket online: www.cityoftulsa.org/ticket
⦁ Use the online Permit Portal: www.cityoftulsa.org/permitting
⦁ File a non-injury collision report online: www.tulsapolice.org/makeatulsapolicereport
⦁ Apply for open City positions: www.cityoftulsa.org/jobs
File a 311 request or question:
⦁ Call 311 during business hours, or (918) 596-2100
⦁ Visit www.tulsa311.com or download the Tulsa311 app
⦁ Email [email protected]
Trash & Recycling
For the safety of trash crews, trash service has been suspended at least through Thursday due to extreme temperatures and neighborhood street conditions. Tulsans are asked to leave carts at the curb and crews will resume collection as soon as conditions allow.
As a reminder, recycling has been canceled for the remainder of the week. Tulsa utility customers will be able to put out overflow recyclables in a recyclable container on their regular service day next week.
Bulky Waste/Dead Animal Pickup
All scheduled bulky waste pickups will be postponed through Thursday, with services expected to resume Friday. While affected customers have been notified, missed collections will be rescheduled as follows: Tuesday, Feb. 18, pickups will move to Tuesday, Feb. 25; both Wednesday, Feb. 12, and Wednesday, Feb. 19, pickups will move to Saturday, Feb. 22; and Thursday, Feb. 20, pickups will move to Thursday, Feb. 27.
Dead animal pickups will only be conducted for large animals requiring specialized machinery.
The Green Waste Facility is closed until further notice.
Waterline Breaks & Household Pipe Protection
While the City has not seen an uptick in waterline breaks, sustained extremely low temperatures could cause an uptick in breaks.
⦁ To view waterline breaks, check the waterline break board at www.cityoftulsa.org/breakboard
⦁ To make a report (if your break isn’t on the board, yet) call Water Dispatch at (918) 596-9488
⦁ To report waterline breaks via email, with no wait times, email [email protected]
⦁ Tips for preventing household frozen or busted pipes can be found online at www.cityoftulsa.org/protectingpipes
Pet Safety
All pets need to be brought inside and have access to water that is not frozen.
If you see someone leaving their dog out for prolonged periods of time in this weather, call Tulsa Animal Services at (918) 596-8001.
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
PSO is monitoring the weather closely and is ready to respond if needed.
If your home loses power, notify PSO using the mobile app, www.psoklahoma.com, or by phone at 1-833-PSO-OUTG (833) 776-6884.
For safety’s sake, assume that any downed utility line is energized with deadly electric current. Stay away from the line and do not touch it with anything. Report it to PSO at 1-833-PSO OUTG or 1-833-776-6884.
Additional information and cold weather tips can be found online.
Oklahoma Natural Gas
Oklahoma Natural Gas continues to monitor the weather and is prepared to deliver safe, reliable natural gas to its customers’ homes and businesses across the state.
If you smell natural gas:
⦁ Leave the area immediately
⦁ Do not use electrical equipment
⦁ Call 911 and Oklahoma Natural Gas at (800) 458-4251
Metro Link Tulsa
Due to severe weather conditions, all MetroLink Tulsa services are suspended through Wednesday, which means:
No Fixed Route, MicroLink, or LinkAssist service
Denver Avenue Station is CLOSED (will not serve as warming station on Thursday due to closure)
Attendant desks are CLOSED
Tulsa Health Department
All THD locations will be closed through Wednesday. Stay up to date on THD operations by following them on Facebook, @TulsaHealth, and online at www.tulsa-health.org.
Stay Prepared
For a more complete list of tips and resources during times of extreme cold weather, visit the City of Tulsa’s winter weather resources page at www.cityoftulsa.org/weather.
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