1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A cold front moved slowly through eastern Oklahoma on the 23rd and 24th, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms. The slow movement of the front, coupled with steering wind flow in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere parallel to the front, resulted in thunderstorms…
Read the full account →By the afternoon of May 9th through May 10th, the atmosphere became very unstable across the region and storms produced large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts across northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas.
Read the full account →A well-defined and intense mesoscale convective system (MCS) translated from the Southern High Plains into portions of northern and central Oklahoma during the predawn hours of the 6th.
Read the full account →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 flash flooding on April 25 1999:A solid area of heavy rainfall lifted northeastward across northeast Oklahoma during the morning and early afternoon of April 25. Widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches occurred across the area.
Read the full account →Summary of flash flooding on April 25 1999:A solid area of heavy rainfall lifted northeastward across northeast Oklahoma during the morning and early afternoon of April 25. Widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches occurred across the area.
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 →Summary of events for June 24 1999:A line of thunderstorms formed along a southeastward-moving outflow boundary on the morning of June 24. These thunderstorms eventually moved across all of eastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Summary of events for June 30 1999:A line of scattered thunderstorms first developed to the west of Tulsa around 300 AM CDT on the morning of June 30.
Read the full account →A weak stationary front was draped from northwest Oklahoma into eastern Oklahoma. Other outflow boundaries from the previous day's thunderstorms were scattered around much of Oklahoma.
Read the full account →A surface trough was located from southwest into north central Oklahoma. Several upper level disturbances moved north through Oklahoma during the early morning hours.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms began early in the morning on the 6th, continued most of the day and into the early morning hours of the 7th. An upper level low pressure remained anchored over Colorado during this time period.
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 →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 upper level disturbance approached Oklahoma from the Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours of the 7th. A stationary front was located over northwest Oklahoma and extended down into parts of the Texas panhandle.
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 →An upper level storm system moved slowly east northeast through southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. A couple of disturbances rotated around the storm system and moved over the southern plains during the morning and afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A series of disturbances propagating along a stationary frontal boundary resulted in widespread heavy rainfall across portions of eastern Oklahoma. Flash flooding occurred across some areas as a result of the heavy rainfall. The strongest storms also produced damaging wind gusts.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms that formed in Kansas, pushed south into eastern Oklahoma during the evening of the 29th. Strong damaging wind and large hail occurred with the more intense storms.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 5th, as an upper level disturbance approached the area.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 5th, as an upper level disturbance approached the area.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 5th, as an upper level disturbance approached the area.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 5th, as an upper level disturbance approached the area.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 5th, as an upper level disturbance approached the area.
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