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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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Ottawa, OK · May 1, 2019

Multiple rounds of thunderstorm activity moved across eastern Oklahoma on April 30th into the morning hours of May 1st as a cold front slowly moved through the area.

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Washington, OK · Jun 1, 2019

A persistent, convectively active pattern, consisting of a deep trough over the western U. S. and ridging along the Gulf Coast and southeastern U. S., set the stage for numerous rounds of rainfall across the Southern Plains from May 18th into early June.

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Le Flore, OK · Jun 1, 2019

A persistent, convectively active pattern, consisting of a deep trough over the western U. S. and ridging along the Gulf Coast and southeastern U. S., set the stage for numerous rounds of rainfall across the Southern Plains from May 18th into early June.

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Osage, OK · May 23, 2019

A persistently active weather pattern, consisting of a deep trough over the western U. S. and ridging along the Gulf Coast and southeastern U. S., set the stage for numerous rounds of rainfall across the Southern Plains from May 18th through the end of the month.

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Pawnee, OK · May 20, 2019

A persistently active weather pattern, consisting of a deep trough over the western U. S. and ridging along the Gulf Coast and southeastern U. S., set the stage for numerous rounds of rainfall across the Southern Plains from May 18th through the end of the month.

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Pushmataha, OK · May 1, 2019

Multiple rounds of thunderstorm activity moved across eastern Oklahoma on April 30th into the morning hours of May 1st as a cold front slowly moved through the area.

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Ottawa, OK · Jun 23, 2019

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across eastern Oklahoma from the afternoon of June 22nd through the early morning hours of the 24th, as a cold front approached the area from the west. The strongest storms produced damaging wind and large hail up to quarter size.

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Rogers, OK · May 21, 2019

A strong upper level storm system moved into the Southern Plains from the Rockies on the 20th and 21st. The attendant warm front moved from northern Texas northward into northeastern Oklahoma during the day on the 20th, and then the cold front associated with this storm system…

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Cherokee, OK · May 1, 2019

Multiple rounds of thunderstorm activity moved across eastern Oklahoma on April 30th into the morning hours of May 1st as a cold front slowly moved through the area.

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Le Flore, OK · May 1, 2019

Multiple rounds of thunderstorm activity moved across eastern Oklahoma on April 30th into the morning hours of May 1st as a cold front slowly moved through the area.

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Cimarron, OK · Jun 2, 2019

An upper level disturbance generated a multi cell cluster of thunderstorms over parts of northeastern New Mexico. Favorable winds with low level moisture and instability in the central and western Oklahoma Panhandle allowed thunderstorms to maintain their strength as they moved…

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Cimarron, OK · Jun 2, 2019

An upper level disturbance generated a multi cell cluster of thunderstorms over parts of northeastern New Mexico. Favorable winds with low level moisture and instability in the central and western Oklahoma Panhandle allowed thunderstorms to maintain their strength as they moved…

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Cimarron, OK · Jun 2, 2019

An upper level disturbance generated a multi cell cluster of thunderstorms over parts of northeastern New Mexico. Favorable winds with low level moisture and instability in the central and western Oklahoma Panhandle allowed thunderstorms to maintain their strength as they moved…

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McCurtain, OK · Sep 23, 2019

A weak mid level trough extended from west to east across Southern and Southeast Oklahoma into Western and Central Arkansas during the daytime hours on September 23rd, south of a stationary front that stretched from Central Oklahoma into Northwest and Northcentral Arkansas.

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Adair, OK · Nov 7, 2019

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 6th across central and eastern Oklahoma, and became more widespread and intense during the evening and overnight. This precipitation continued into the morning hours of the 7th across most of eastern Oklahoma.

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Cherokee, OK · Nov 7, 2019

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 6th across central and eastern Oklahoma, and became more widespread and intense during the evening and overnight. This precipitation continued into the morning hours of the 7th across most of eastern Oklahoma.

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Tulsa, OK · Nov 7, 2019

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 6th across central and eastern Oklahoma, and became more widespread and intense during the evening and overnight. This precipitation continued into the morning hours of the 7th across most of eastern Oklahoma.

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Johnston, OK · Jul 16, 2023

Generally disorganized convection across far southern into southeastern Oklahoma produced a severe-caliber wind gust near the community of Durant during morning hours of the 16th.

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Marshall, OK · Jul 16, 2023

Generally disorganized convection across far southern into southeastern Oklahoma produced a severe-caliber wind gust near the community of Durant during morning hours of the 16th.

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Muskogee, OK · Jun 7, 1999

Summary of events for June 7 1999:A weak spin in the upper atmosphere, the remains of an old MCS, moved across northeast Oklahoma on the afternoon of June 7.

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Ottawa, OK · Aug 13, 2023

Widespread thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 13th and early morning hours of the 14th, as a cold front moved through the region. The strongest thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts.

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Ottawa, OK · Aug 13, 2023

Widespread thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 13th and early morning hours of the 14th, as a cold front moved through the region. The strongest thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts.

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Craig, OK · Aug 13, 2023

Widespread thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 13th and early morning hours of the 14th, as a cold front moved through the region. The strongest thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts.

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Craig, OK · Aug 13, 2023

Widespread thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 13th and early morning hours of the 14th, as a cold front moved through the region. The strongest thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts.

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