Oklahoma is experiencing high winds of 55 to 70 miles per hour, and thousands of central Oklahomans are without power.

Friday’s high winds have been one of the main causes of thousands of customer outages throughout Oklahoma. As of the posting of this article, there are over 23,000 outages. Some of the major affected areas in Southwest Oklahoma are: You can view the Public Service of Oklahoma’s power outage map here.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma reports more than 6,000 outages so far as of 1 p.m. on Friday as Oklahoma deals with high winds and a fire threat.Owasso Pol