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Oklahoma Flood Stories

1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Osage, OK · May 27, 2021

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th, near an outflow boundary from previous storms, and ahead of a cold front. These storms eventually organized into a line and moved through southeastern Oklahoma during the evening.

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Tulsa, OK · May 27, 2021

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th, near an outflow boundary from previous storms, and ahead of a cold front. These storms eventually organized into a line and moved through southeastern Oklahoma during the evening.

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Okmulgee, OK · May 27, 2021

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th, near an outflow boundary from previous storms, and ahead of a cold front. These storms eventually organized into a line and moved through southeastern Oklahoma during the evening.

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Flash Flood

Okmulgee, OK · May 27, 2021

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th, near an outflow boundary from previous storms, and ahead of a cold front. These storms eventually organized into a line and moved through southeastern Oklahoma during the evening.

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Sequoyah, OK · May 27, 2021

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th, near an outflow boundary from previous storms, and ahead of a cold front. These storms eventually organized into a line and moved through southeastern Oklahoma during the evening.

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Sequoyah, OK · May 27, 2021

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 27th, near an outflow boundary from previous storms, and ahead of a cold front. These storms eventually organized into a line and moved through southeastern Oklahoma during the evening.

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Tulsa, OK · Jul 1, 2021

A stationary front across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas resulted in multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the region from June 26th through June 30th.

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Flash Flood

Tulsa, OK · Jul 1, 2021

A stationary front across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas resulted in multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the region from June 26th through June 30th.

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Flash Flood

Tulsa, OK · Jul 1, 2021

A stationary front across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas resulted in multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the region from June 26th through June 30th.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Jun 8, 2021

Another shortwave trough ejected east across the Ark-La-Tex from the morning through the afternoon hours on June 8th, beneath an upper low pressure system that lifted north from Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas into Southeast Kansas and Western Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Jun 8, 2021

Another shortwave trough ejected east across the Ark-La-Tex from the morning through the afternoon hours on June 8th, beneath an upper low pressure system that lifted north from Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas into Southeast Kansas and Western Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Jun 8, 2021

Another shortwave trough ejected east across the Ark-La-Tex from the morning through the afternoon hours on June 8th, beneath an upper low pressure system that lifted north from Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas into Southeast Kansas and Western Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Jun 8, 2021

Another shortwave trough ejected east across the Ark-La-Tex from the morning through the afternoon hours on June 8th, beneath an upper low pressure system that lifted north from Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas into Southeast Kansas and Western Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Jun 7, 2021

A complex of showers and thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of June 7th across Northwest Texas, and shifted east-southeast across North Texas throughout the morning, ahead of a shortwave trough that ejected east beneath an upper low pressure system that had…

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Adair, OK · Apr 28, 2021

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 28th. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding, damaging wind gusts, and three tornadoes.

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Cherokee, OK · Apr 28, 2021

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 28th. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding, damaging wind gusts, and three tornadoes.

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Le Flore, OK · Apr 29, 2021

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 28th. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding, damaging wind gusts, and three tornadoes.

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Adair, OK · Apr 28, 2021

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 28th. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding, damaging wind gusts, and three tornadoes.

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Cleveland, OK · Apr 28, 2021

Storms continued into the 28th as a slow moving trough approached. Early morning convection produced numerous flood reports. Later in the day, renewed storm development led to an isolated supercell which tracked across southern portions of the OKC metro area with 2-3 diameter…

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Cleveland, OK · Apr 28, 2021

Storms continued into the 28th as a slow moving trough approached. Early morning convection produced numerous flood reports. Later in the day, renewed storm development led to an isolated supercell which tracked across southern portions of the OKC metro area with 2-3 diameter…

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Ottawa, OK · Jun 27, 2021

A stationary front across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas resulted in multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the region from June 26th through the 30th.

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Osage, OK · Mar 13, 2021

The presence of a frontal boundary, a persistent flow of unseasonably moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and the slow approach of an upper level system to the Southern Plains, resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across northeastern Oklahoma from the 12th…

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Ottawa, OK · Mar 13, 2021

The presence of a frontal boundary, a persistent flow of unseasonably moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and the slow approach of an upper level system to the Southern Plains, resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across northeastern Oklahoma from the 12th…

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Tulsa, OK · Mar 14, 2021

The presence of a frontal boundary, a persistent flow of unseasonably moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and the slow approach of an upper level system to the Southern Plains, resulted in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across northeastern Oklahoma from the 12th…

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