TULSA, Okla. — 2 News is tracking damage and flooding after severe weather in Green Country.
Wednesday:
The Tulsa Zoo and Mohawk Park are closed due to heavy rainfall. All other city services are operating as normal.
Skiatook Public Schools canceled classes on Wednesday, April 30th, due to flooding caused by the ongoing rain.
The Skiatook fire chief told 2 News that roads around Skiatook are flooded, most notably those by Bird Creek, which is why SH-20 is closed.
Crews rescued one person who drove around a Tulsa County car blocking the road and got stuck in floodwaters down the street. More roads are being blocked off as rain falls
The Barnsdall mayor said there is a breach in the Waxhoma dam. This dam had issues in the past, but it is a smaller dam and is being closely monitored.
Tuesday:
Tuesday's storm left trees down, power outages, and roof damage started coming into the newsroom.
The National Weather Service said an EF-1 tornado touched down in Collinsville. The NWS said it damaged roofs, uprooted trees, and knocked down large tree limbs.
The Grove Public School superintendent told 2 News there is no damage at the school, but staff and students stayed at the school until it was safe to leave.
Here's a look at damage in Grove:
Large trees were downed along Red Bud Drive on the northwest side of town. We also heard reports of power lines and poles damaged.
Owasso:
Reports of trees down and flooding. Almost all power has been restored in both Owasso and Collinsville:
Similar images in Claremore:
Muskogee
As heavy rainfall continued through Green Country, Muskogee's Director of Emergency Management Tyler Evans kept an eye on flood prone areas. Though he's not overly concerned with flooding concerns.
He told 2 News the Arkansas River near Muskogee is about 7 feet below the flood level. Even still, they're prepared for things to change.
“We will be monitoring it closely every day," said Evans. "Once we start reaching those flood stages, like I said, we’ll start getting our crews prepared, such as our fire crews, our rescue boats and coordinating with other jurisdictions just in case we might have to do a swift water rescue or something of that sort.”
Another positive, in his experience, Evans said time is typically on our side in those situations.
"Even when we go back to the great flood of 2019 that we had, we had multiple days leading up to that event that we were informed that that was going to happen," he said. "While it may not seem like a lot of time, it’s not like it’s the next hour or two that somethings going to happen, it’s usually over a multi-day event.”
Evans encourages his neighbors to stay vigilant, have a plan in case of an emergency and stay informed.
2 News will keep updating as we get a better look at damage in the area.
