Apr 24, 2007
A strong storm system translated into the Southern Plains on the 24th from the Southern Rockies. As the system approached, a dry line shifted into central Oklahoma. With warm, moist and unstable air along and ahead of the dry line, thunderstorms erupted and moved northeast into eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon. Other severe thunderstorms moved into eastern Oklahoma from north central Texas.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 26808). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Choctaw County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.