![]() ![]() ![]() Snow has moved into the Oklahoma City metro area Wednesday afternoon and is already impacting traffic. Ryan Sharp Snow moves into OKC, affecting traffic The police departments urged drivers involved in non-injury collisions to exchange information with the other driver. The Oklahoma City and Norman police departments said Wednesday afternoon that officers were no longer responding to non-injury related traffic accidents.Īs snow moved into the Oklahoma City metro area, police saw a "significant spike" in the number of traffic accidents. Staff reports OKC, Norman police not responding to non-injury accidents Here is a look at photos they've captured Wednesday: The Oklahoman's photographers will be out and about getting photos during the winter storm. Staff reports View photos from the winter storm The yellow, orange and red indicate slower than normal traffic patterns. Here is a look at traffic around Oklahoma City. Most interstate highways in Oklahoma City fell into the "slow" category on Google Maps. Roads in and around Oklahoma City were getting slick Wednesday afternoon as many headed home from work. ![]() Ryan Sharp OKC traffic slowing down as roads worsen Most of the accidents Wednesday were on bridges and overpasses of major highways. Wednesday, the Emergency Medical Services Authority said via its Twitter account that it has responded to 26 weather-related traffic accidents in the Oklahoma City area.ĮMSA said it would usually see around nine calls on a normal February day. Jessie Christopher Smith EMSA responds to 20+ vehicle accidentsĪs of 4:30 p.m. “Make sure you know if you’re flight is still on time or if it’s been delayed or canceled.” “I can’t stress enough to contact your airline later this evening or first thing (Thursday) morning,” Hamm said. For Thursday, no fewer than 34 airline flights had been canceled as well. But the airport confirmed that some flights had been canceled, primarily to hubs like Chicago and Dallas where inclement weather is also affecting air travel.īy Wednesday afternoon, at least 40 airline flights had been canceled and 19 flights had been delayed at the metro airport. ![]()
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