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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.

Flash Flood

Mayes, 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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Flash Flood

Tulsa, 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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Flash Flood

Pittsburg, OK · Aug 8, 2023

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across east-central and southeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 8th. The strongest storms produced large hail up to quarter size.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Payne, OK · Jul 13, 2007

Showers and thunderstorms developed along and north of stationary front during the early morning hours of the 13th. The thunderstorms with intense lightning moved little throughout the morning, with the most concentrated area of heavy rainfall occurring over Payne County.

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Flash Flood

Custer, OK · Jun 1, 2022

Storms developed along a stationary boundary in northwestern Oklahoma into the Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening of May 31st, and lingered into the early morning hours of June 1st.

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Flash Flood

Sequoyah, OK · Aug 17, 2021

Thunderstorms developed across east central Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 17th. A very moist air mass across the region and weak wind flow aloft resulted in slow-moving thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Creek, OK · May 24, 2022

Showers and thunderstorms produced widespread heavy rainfall across portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 24th, as they moved repeatedly across some of the same areas for a number of hours.

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Flood$10K damage

Tulsa, OK · Mar 4, 2004

Bird Creek near Sperry rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 10 pm cst on March 4. The river crested at 27.8 feet at 1 am cst on March 6. The river fell below its flood stage at 4 pm cst the same day.

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Flash Flood

Jackson, OK · May 31, 2022

Storms developed along a stationary boundary in northwestern Oklahoma into the Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening of the 31st. Slow storm motions led to very heavy rainfall and flooding in some locations.

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Flash Flood

Tillman, OK · May 31, 2022

Storms developed along a stationary boundary in northwestern Oklahoma into the Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening of the 31st. Slow storm motions led to very heavy rainfall and flooding in some locations.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Feb 28, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Feb 28, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Feb 28, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Feb 21, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Feb 22, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Feb 28, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Feb 24, 2018

A warm front lifted north into Eastern Oklahoma and Central Arkansas during the morning hours of February 24th, resulting in a large warm and humid air mass across the Ark-La-Tex region.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Mar 1, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Mar 1, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Mar 1, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Mar 1, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

McCurtain, OK · Mar 1, 2018

A warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri.

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Flash Flood

Grady, OK · May 2, 2018

Several discrete supercells formed off a dryline in the eastern parts of the panhandles in the late afternoon of the 2nd. These storms moved eastward through the evening, eventually congealing into a line before coming across central Oklahoma.

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Flash Flood

Oklahoma, OK · May 2, 2018

Several discrete supercells formed off a dryline in the eastern parts of the panhandles in the late afternoon of the 2nd. These storms moved eastward through the evening, eventually congealing into a line before coming across central Oklahoma.

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