1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of severe weather produced reports of thunderstorm wind, large hail and flash flooding across central into southern Oklahoma on the 4th into the early morning hours of the 5th.
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along the Middle Red River Valley during the early morning hours on May 24th. These thunderstorms intensified in vicinity of deeper theta-e advection via the low-level jet on the southern fringe of a residual cold pool.
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →A significant severe weather outbreak, including ten (10) tornadoes, impacted northern and central portions of the WFO Norman Forecast Area during the evening of the 6th into the early morning hours of the 7th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of severe weather produced reports of thunderstorm wind, large hail and flash flooding across central into southern Oklahoma on the 4th into the early morning hours of the 5th.
Read the full account →A severe weather outbreak impacted portions of western Oklahoma and western-north Texas during the afternoon into evening of the 25th. At upper levels, a high-amplitude trough passed across the Plains during the day, with a focused jet ejection across portions of the Texas…
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of severe weather produced reports of thunderstorm wind, large hail and flash flooding across central into southern Oklahoma on the 4th into the early morning hours of the 5th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of severe weather produced reports of thunderstorm wind, large hail and flash flooding across central into southern Oklahoma on the 4th into the early morning hours of the 5th.
Read the full account →A widespread, long-duration and historic severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred from the late morning through late evening on the 27th. In all, 32 tornadoes affected portions of the WFO Norman Forecast Area, the third most in a single day during the period of reliable…
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of severe weather produced reports of thunderstorm wind, large hail and flash flooding across central into southern Oklahoma on the 4th into the early morning hours of the 5th.
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front moved south out of Kansas into the northern Panhandles during the evening of June 18 into the morning of June 19, 2024.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front moved south out of Kansas into the northern Panhandles during the evening of June 18 into the morning of June 19, 2024.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front moved south out of Kansas into the northern Panhandles during the evening of June 18 into the morning of June 19, 2024.
Read the full account →Despite a somewhat nebulous synoptic regime, with modest zonal upper flow across the southern Plains, widespread thunderstorm development emerged during the early morning of the 11th.
Read the full account →A weak cold front and an outflow boundary provided the focus for slow moving and training thunderstorms which produced an average of 2 to 5 inches of rain across parts of northern Tulsa, Rogers, Mayes, Delaware, northern Cherokee and northern Adair Counties during the morning of…
Read the full account →Several days of reoccurring thunderstorm activity across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas resulted in widespread 3-day rainfall totals of three to six inches by the morning hours of the 28th.
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.
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