Evacuation orders have been issued for a town in western Oklahoma, and thousands of people are without power as a strong windstorm moves through the state. >> Open the video player above to watch live coverage from KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane and the First Alert Weather Team. 2:40 p.m. Friday Update: An evacuation order has been issued for eastern Oklahoma County from Hiawassee to Choctaw roads and Coffee Creek to Waterloo. 2:28 p.m. Friday Update: Almost 58,000 power outages have been reported in Oklahoma as strong winds and wildfires hit the state, according to PowerOutage.US.2:25 p.m. Friday Update: The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the westbound lanes of I-240 in Oklahoma City between Western and May are closed because of downed power lines on the highway. Troopers are diverting traffic off the interstate. 2:20 p.m. Friday Update: More than 22,000 OG&E customers in Oklahoma are without power Friday afternoon as windstorms move through the state. US Tracker says more than 43,000 outages have been reported in Oklahoma. 2:15 p.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5’s Dacoda Wahpekeche is in Cleveland County as fires have prompted evacuation orders. Open the video player below to learn more. 2:10 p.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 spoke with Maj. John Chenoweth with the Oklahoma City Fire Department about their response to fires in the area. Open the video player below to learn more. 2 p.m. Friday Update: The National Weather Service has issued an evacuation order for the southeast part of Norman as fires and strong winds continue. The evacuation order was issued for the areas east of 108th Street and 132nd Street and north of Post Oak Road to Highway 9. You can evacuate to the Little Axe Recreation Center located at 165th Street and Highway 9 or CrossPointe Church at Northeast 12th Street and Highway 9. 1:20 p.m. Friday Update: Edmond Electric is working a large power outage affecting more than 1,300 customers between Second Street and Coffee Creek Road from Broadway to Coltrane. 1:13 p.m. Friday Update: OG&E reports that almost 10,000 customers are without power as strong winds move through the state. More than 7,000 of those outages are in Oklahoma City. Click here to track outages on OG&E’s System Watch. 1:05 p.m. Friday Update: U.S. Highway 412 is closed near County Road 66 east to County Road Farmland because of a crash. Reports say the crash was caused by blowing dust and poor visibility in the area. 1 p.m. Friday Update: Summit Middle School in Edmond is currently without power. District leaders said in a letter to parents and guardians that OG&E is working to restore power, and the estimated restoration time is 3:45 p.m. All students are safe, but parents can pick them up if they want to. Edmond Public Schools officials said this only impacts Summit Middle School and Charles Haskell Elementary School. All other Edmond schools have power at this time. 12:54 p.m. Friday Update: An evacuation notice has been issued for Leedey as authorities say a dangerous wildfire continues to spread in the area. Roger Mills Emergency Management officials said a dangerous wildfire is located southwest of Leedey and spreading rapidly to the northeast. Residents in the area are urged to leave now toward the south on Highway 34 to Hammon.Roger Mills Emergency Management officials said a reunification center is being set up at the courthouse in Cheyenne. Click here to learn more. 12:45 p.m. Friday Update: Two new hot spots have popped up, with these being closer to the OKC metro. One is reported south of Interstate 40, due south of Calumet and west of El Reno in Canadian County, and a fire has been reported in Caddo County southwest of the Fort Cobb Reservoir. 12:26 p.m. Friday Update: The El Reno Police Department says land lines are down. If there is an emergency, call 911. Noon Friday Update: Another hot spot is popping up in Alfalfa County after the two initial hot spots started in Beckham and Roger Mills counties near Erick and Leedey, respectively. The hot spot southwest of Leedey led to a fire warning being issued. Wind gusts are over 65 mph in western Oklahoma and in the mid 40s in the OKC metro. KOCO 5 Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer says winds will stay around 60-70 mph through the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening.The wind in western Oklahoma will move into the OKC metro around 1 p.m. and will stay through the afternoon. Wind speeds will taper off during the evening. 11:45 a.m. Friday Update: First Alert Storm Command was by Lake Hefner in northwest Oklahoma City, showing how the strong winds have created stronger waves at the lake. Open the video player below to watch. 11:35 a.m. Friday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a fire warning for eastern Roger Mills County and southwestern Dewey County. The NWS also says there is a dangerous wildfire located near Angora, which is about 9 miles southwest of Leedey. The fire was moving northeast at 3-5 mph. Authorities say residents should prepare to evacuate quickly if requested and to follow all safety instructions from local emergency management officials. They also remind people not to drive into smoke. 11:20 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says fires are popping up in western Oklahoma near Laverne and north of Elk City. The severity of those fires is unknown. 11:05 a.m. Friday Update: The McIntyre Law Tower Camera shows how dense the dust is in the air, making the Devon Tower barely visible. Open the video player below to watch. 10:55 a.m. Friday Update: First Alert Storm Command shows the sky in OKC getting a little darker as the wind blows dust into the area. Open the video player below to see. 10:20 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane shared a picture from the Texas Department of Transportation showing dust filling the sky in Vernon, Texas. He says the Oklahoma skies will look like that by noon. He also showed a satellite video where you can clearly see the dirt on its way to Oklahoma with the strong wind gusts. 9:55 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says we’re minutes away from 50 mph wind gusts coming into the OKC metro. He believes the worst of the wind in the metro will be early Friday afternoon, and we’ll be past the peak at 7 p.m. Friday. While wind gusts will slow down around 7 p.m., wind speeds will still be around 45 mph. 9:30 a.m. Friday Update: OG&E officials are preparing for any potential outages Friday during the strong winds. Open the video player to learn more about what they’re doing.9 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says wind gusts of over 70 mph were recorded earlier in Lubbock, Texas, and visibility in the area was down to a mile because of the amount of dust blowing. That windstorm is heading into western Oklahoma, so it’s just a matter of time before we get up to those wind speeds. Video Below: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder breaks down the strong wind timeline. 7:05 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the winds aren’t from thunderstorms, but rather from deep, very low pressure in Kansas driving our winds. A high wind warning has been issued for most of Oklahoma, including the OKC metro. Under a high wind warning, you could see wind gusts of 55-65 mph. Southeastern Oklahoma is also under a wind advisory and could get 40-50 mph. The entire state, however, is under a red flag warning as the fire danger is extreme. Jonathan says this may be the worst fire danger day so far this year for Oklahoma. Video Below: Oklahoma lawmakers push to eradicate fire-fueling trees. Click here to learn more. Wind gusts will start picking up in the Oklahoma City metro around 10 a.m., when winds will be as strong as 55 mph. It increases to 60 mph by 1 p.m. and then 65 mph by 4 p.m. Jonathan says the wind will start slowing down but will remain strong during the evening hours, decreasing to 45 mph by 7 p.m. and 40 mph by 10 p.m. Video Below: Oklahoma Red Cross advises on preparing go-bags for fire emergencies. Click here for more details. Areas near Altus and Lawton will see wind speeds over 65 mph by 10 a.m. Those winds will blow in the Oklahoma City metro by 2:30 p.m. Friday and will finally come down by 7 p.m. Friday. Jonathan says the winds will finally calm down by Saturday morning. Top Headlines Postmaster general agrees to allow DOGE to work with US Postal Service, agrees to cut 10,000 workers Woman gives birth to baby weighing over 11 pounds at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City Pope Francis reaches 12th year as pope. This is how long his predecessors served

Evacuation orders have been issued for a town in western Oklahoma, and thousands of people are without power as a strong windstorm moves through the state.

>> Open the video player above to watch live coverage from KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane and the First Alert Weather Team.

2:40 p.m. Friday Update: An evacuation order has been issued for eastern Oklahoma County from Hiawassee to Choctaw roads and Coffee Creek to Waterloo.

2:28 p.m. Friday Update: Almost 58,000 power outages have been reported in Oklahoma as strong winds and wildfires hit the state, according to PowerOutage.US.

2:25 p.m. Friday Update: The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the westbound lanes of I-240 in Oklahoma City between Western and May are closed because of downed power lines on the highway. Troopers are diverting traffic off the interstate.

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2:20 p.m. Friday Update: More than 22,000 OG&E customers in Oklahoma are without power Friday afternoon as windstorms move through the state. US Tracker says more than 43,000 outages have been reported in Oklahoma.

2:15 p.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5’s Dacoda Wahpekeche is in Cleveland County as fires have prompted evacuation orders. Open the video player below to learn more.

2:10 p.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 spoke with Maj. John Chenoweth with the Oklahoma City Fire Department about their response to fires in the area. Open the video player below to learn more.

2 p.m. Friday Update: The National Weather Service has issued an evacuation order for the southeast part of Norman as fires and strong winds continue.

The evacuation order was issued for the areas east of 108th Street and 132nd Street and north of Post Oak Road to Highway 9.

You can evacuate to the Little Axe Recreation Center located at 165th Street and Highway 9 or CrossPointe Church at Northeast 12th Street and Highway 9.

1:20 p.m. Friday Update: Edmond Electric is working a large power outage affecting more than 1,300 customers between Second Street and Coffee Creek Road from Broadway to Coltrane.

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SERVICE ALERT: Edmond Electric is currently dispatching crews to a large power outage affecting 1,325 customers between 2nd and Coffee Creek from Broadway to Coltrane and will work to re-establish service as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/utn5eQAnd2

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1:13 p.m. Friday Update: OG&E reports that almost 10,000 customers are without power as strong winds move through the state. More than 7,000 of those outages are in Oklahoma City. Click here to track outages on OG&E’s System Watch.

1:05 p.m. Friday Update: U.S. Highway 412 is closed near County Road 66 east to County Road Farmland because of a crash. Reports say the crash was caused by blowing dust and poor visibility in the area.

1 p.m. Friday Update: Summit Middle School in Edmond is currently without power. District leaders said in a letter to parents and guardians that OG&E is working to restore power, and the estimated restoration time is 3:45 p.m.

All students are safe, but parents can pick them up if they want to.

Edmond Public Schools officials said this only impacts Summit Middle School and Charles Haskell Elementary School. All other Edmond schools have power at this time.

12:54 p.m. Friday Update: An evacuation notice has been issued for Leedey as authorities say a dangerous wildfire continues to spread in the area.

Roger Mills Emergency Management officials said a dangerous wildfire is located southwest of Leedey and spreading rapidly to the northeast. Residents in the area are urged to leave now toward the south on Highway 34 to Hammon.

Roger Mills Emergency Management officials said a reunification center is being set up at the courthouse in Cheyenne. Click here to learn more.

12:45 p.m. Friday Update: Two new hot spots have popped up, with these being closer to the OKC metro. One is reported south of Interstate 40, due south of Calumet and west of El Reno in Canadian County, and a fire has been reported in Caddo County southwest of the Fort Cobb Reservoir.

12:26 p.m. Friday Update: The El Reno Police Department says land lines are down. If there is an emergency, call 911.

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Noon Friday Update: Another hot spot is popping up in Alfalfa County after the two initial hot spots started in Beckham and Roger Mills counties near Erick and Leedey, respectively. The hot spot southwest of Leedey led to a fire warning being issued.

Wind gusts are over 65 mph in western Oklahoma and in the mid 40s in the OKC metro. KOCO 5 Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer says winds will stay around 60-70 mph through the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening.

The wind in western Oklahoma will move into the OKC metro around 1 p.m. and will stay through the afternoon. Wind speeds will taper off during the evening.

11:45 a.m. Friday Update: First Alert Storm Command was by Lake Hefner in northwest Oklahoma City, showing how the strong winds have created stronger waves at the lake. Open the video player below to watch.

11:35 a.m. Friday Update: The National Weather Service has issued a fire warning for eastern Roger Mills County and southwestern Dewey County.

The NWS also says there is a dangerous wildfire located near Angora, which is about 9 miles southwest of Leedey. The fire was moving northeast at 3-5 mph.

Authorities say residents should prepare to evacuate quickly if requested and to follow all safety instructions from local emergency management officials. They also remind people not to drive into smoke.

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11:20 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says fires are popping up in western Oklahoma near Laverne and north of Elk City. The severity of those fires is unknown.

11:05 a.m. Friday Update: The McIntyre Law Tower Camera shows how dense the dust is in the air, making the Devon Tower barely visible. Open the video player below to watch.

10:55 a.m. Friday Update: First Alert Storm Command shows the sky in OKC getting a little darker as the wind blows dust into the area. Open the video player below to see.

10:20 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane shared a picture from the Texas Department of Transportation showing dust filling the sky in Vernon, Texas. He says the Oklahoma skies will look like that by noon.

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He also showed a satellite video where you can clearly see the dirt on its way to Oklahoma with the strong wind gusts.

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9:55 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says we’re minutes away from 50 mph wind gusts coming into the OKC metro. He believes the worst of the wind in the metro will be early Friday afternoon, and we’ll be past the peak at 7 p.m. Friday. While wind gusts will slow down around 7 p.m., wind speeds will still be around 45 mph.

9:30 a.m. Friday Update: OG&E officials are preparing for any potential outages Friday during the strong winds. Open the video player to learn more about what they’re doing.

9 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says wind gusts of over 70 mph were recorded earlier in Lubbock, Texas, and visibility in the area was down to a mile because of the amount of dust blowing. That windstorm is heading into western Oklahoma, so it’s just a matter of time before we get up to those wind speeds.

Video Below: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder breaks down the strong wind timeline.

7:05 a.m. Friday Update: KOCO 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the winds aren’t from thunderstorms, but rather from deep, very low pressure in Kansas driving our winds.

A high wind warning has been issued for most of Oklahoma, including the OKC metro. Under a high wind warning, you could see wind gusts of 55-65 mph. Southeastern Oklahoma is also under a wind advisory and could get 40-50 mph.

The entire state, however, is under a red flag warning as the fire danger is extreme. Jonathan says this may be the worst fire danger day so far this year for Oklahoma.

Video Below: Oklahoma lawmakers push to eradicate fire-fueling trees. Click here to learn more.

Wind gusts will start picking up in the Oklahoma City metro around 10 a.m., when winds will be as strong as 55 mph. It increases to 60 mph by 1 p.m. and then 65 mph by 4 p.m. Jonathan says the wind will start slowing down but will remain strong during the evening hours, decreasing to 45 mph by 7 p.m. and 40 mph by 10 p.m.

Video Below: Oklahoma Red Cross advises on preparing go-bags for fire emergencies. Click here for more details.

Areas near Altus and Lawton will see wind speeds over 65 mph by 10 a.m. Those winds will blow in the Oklahoma City metro by 2:30 p.m. Friday and will finally come down by 7 p.m. Friday.

Jonathan says the winds will finally calm down by Saturday morning.

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