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Flash Flood — Adair, OK

Oct 8, 2009

Property Damage
$50K
Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

A very moist and unstable air mass spread across the Southern Plains ahead of a strong cold front that moved into eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon hours of the 8th. Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front, which produced locally heavy rainfall amounts of two to five inches with as much as seven inches occurring in portions of northeast Oklahoma.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 200523). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Adair, OK

This event is one of many recorded floods in Adair County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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