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Flash Flood — Okmulgee, OK

Apr 26, 1999

Summary of flash flooding on April 26 1999:Following three to five inches of rain on April 25, a broad band of rain and thunderstorms shifted across all of eastern Oklahoma on the morning of April 26 in advance of a closed upper-level low. Widespread rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 3 inches of rain fell, bringing two-day rainfall totals for much of northeast Oklahoma into the 5- to 7-inch range. With grounds already saturated from rains the day before and creeks already flowing high, this added rai

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5689908). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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