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Flash Flood — Okmulgee, OK

Jun 7, 2021

A broad low pressure center in the middle and upper atmosphere moved from northern Texas to northeastern Oklahoma on the 6th and 7th. The first round of thunderstorms affected southeastern Oklahoma during the morning and afternoon hours of the 6th. Locally heavy rainfall occurred, which resulted in isolated flash flooding. ||A more pronounced and focused area of thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of the 7th across northeastern Oklahoma. The storms were slow-moving, and very e

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 964768). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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