1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Summary of flooding events for October 4-5 1998:What started out as Oklahoma's worst-ever October tornado outbreak turned into a widespread and serious flash flood event when a steady train of supercell thunderstorms moving across northeast Oklahoma on the evening of October 4…
Read the full account →Summary of events of July 19, 1997:Slow-moving nighttime thunderstorms containing torrential rain moved across northern and central Oklahoma. With the ground already at or near saturation across much of the area, these thunderstorms triggered widespread flash flooding,…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms which formed across portions of central Oklahoma during the early morning of the 23rd caused widespread street flooding on West Reno in Oklahoma City in Oklahoma County, where a pick-up truck was mostly submerged.
Read the full account →Summary of events for April 24 1999:Thunderstorms formed on the morning of April 24 along a stationary front running east-west across southeast Oklahoma. Some of these storms became severe during the day, producing marginally severe hail and wind.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed across portions of northwest and north central Oklahoma during the afternoon and early evening of the 13th. In addition to numerous reports of large hail, flooding was reported across portions of Alfalfa and Grant Counties.
Read the full account →An area of showers and thunderstorms developed in the early afternoon of the 9th across north central Oklahoma, producing isolated severe weather and heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Significant flash flooding and 6 tornadoes, mostly small, weak and short-lived, developed on the 22nd, across a 35 mile wide band from near Frederick in southwest Oklahoma northeastward to near Chandler in central Oklahoma. Rainfall amounts in this band averaged 4 to 8 inches.
Read the full account →Precipitation totals of 5 to 9+ inches fell during the late evening hours of September 10 and early morning hours of September 11 over parts of west central and southwestern Oklahoma and the eastern Texas Panhandle.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure was located over the central plains during the day of the 1st. Also, multiple boundaries, including a weak cold front and multiple outflow boundaries from previous thunderstorms were set up over Oklahoma, as well as rich low level moisture.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Erin, the fifth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season, developed quickly over the northeast Gulf of Mexico on the 15th, before moving onshore during the morning hours of the 16th.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong upper level storm system moved over the southern half of Oklahoma, beginning on the 18th and continuing through the 19th. Abundant moisture was in place ahead of the storm system and even increased as the storm system began moving east over the Red River.
Read the full account →Shower and thunderstorm development on the northern periphery of the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine affected portions of southeast Oklahoma beginning on September 7th, while the center was still over central Texas.
Read the full account →Shower and thunderstorm development on the northern periphery of the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine affected portions of southeast Oklahoma beginning on September 7th, while the center was still over central Texas.
Read the full account →Shower and thunderstorm development on the northern periphery of the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine affected portions of southeast Oklahoma beginning on September 7th, while the center was still over central Texas.
Read the full account →Shower and thunderstorm development on the northern periphery of the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine affected portions of southeast Oklahoma beginning on September 7th, while the center was still over central Texas.
Read the full account →Shower and thunderstorm development on the northern periphery of the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine affected portions of southeast Oklahoma beginning on September 7th, while the center was still over central Texas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms which produced isolated severe hail were also responsible for a lightning strike to a 2000 gallon oil tank in Daisy in Atoka County, causing a small fire, and also flooding across portions of Seminole County.
Read the full account →The very wet pattern continued over Oklahoma on the 13th. An outflow boundary was situated northwest to southeast over parts of northern and central Oklahoma. Other outflow boundaries were scattered over the western half of the state as well.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 25th, as lift increased north of a warm front with the strengthening of the low level jet across the area.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 25th, as lift increased north of a warm front with the strengthening of the low level jet across the area.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 25th, as lift increased north of a warm front with the strengthening of the low level jet across the area.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 25th, as lift increased north of a warm front with the strengthening of the low level jet across the area.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed into northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 25th, as lift increased north of a warm front with the strengthening of the low level jet across the area.
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