1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Severe thunderstorms developed over western Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 2nd as a dry line moved into the area from West Texas and a cold front translated into the area from the northwest.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and the northwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 18th. These storms moved east overnight and affected northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 19th.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and the northwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 18th. These storms moved east overnight and affected northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 19th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and the northwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 18th. These storms moved east overnight and affected northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 19th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and the northwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 18th. These storms moved east overnight and affected northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 19th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and the northwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 18th. These storms moved east overnight and affected northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 19th.
Read the full account →A slow-moving, strong cold front moved through eastern Oklahoma on the 20th and 21st. Very moist air resided across the region ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A slow-moving, strong cold front moved through eastern Oklahoma on the 20th and 21st. Very moist air resided across the region ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A slow-moving, strong cold front moved through eastern Oklahoma on the 20th and 21st. Very moist air resided across the region ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A slow-moving, strong cold front moved through eastern Oklahoma on the 20th and 21st. Very moist air resided across the region ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A cold front moved through eastern Oklahoma on the 26th and 27th. Very moist air resided across the region ahead of the front. Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed over the area as the front moved into eastern Oklahoma, and the unseasonably moist air supported heavy…
Read the full account →A cold front moved through eastern Oklahoma on the 26th and 27th. Very moist air resided across the region ahead of the front. Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed over the area as the front moved into eastern Oklahoma, and the unseasonably moist air supported heavy…
Read the full account →A disturbance moved over a weak ridge over the Texas/New Mexico border by the afternoon of the 21st. High instability and moderate wind shear set the stage for thunderstorms developing over the high terrain to the west to be maintained over the northwestern Panhandles in a…
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed across southeastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 26th, and became widespread over the region through the morning of the 27th.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed across southeastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 26th, and became widespread over the region through the morning of the 27th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms affected northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas on the 5th through the morning of the 6th. The Grand-Neosho River basin received heavy rainfall from these thunderstorms, which resulted in moderate flooding of the Neosho River near Commerce.
Read the full account →Summary of events of late evening of September 22, 1997 through early morning of September 23, 1997:Slow-moving thunderstorms moved repeatedly over portions of northern and western Oklahoma, causing extensive flash flooding in some areas.
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