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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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Cherokee, OK · Apr 22, 2017

A frontal boundary sagged into northeastern Oklahoma early on the 20th and moved slowly into southeastern Oklahoma on the 21st. Several rounds of thunderstorms developed over the region along and north of the front.

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Tulsa, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Osage, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Tulsa, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Tulsa, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Ottawa, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Ottawa, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Adair, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Adair, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Flood

Cherokee, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Delaware, OK · Apr 29, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Cherokee, OK · Apr 30, 2017

A warm front lifted north into eastern Oklahoma from Texas on the 28th. A strong low level jet developed across the region, resulting in the unseasonably moist air that was in place being lifted over the frontal boundary.

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Flood

Okmulgee, OK · Aug 6, 2017

A surface low pressure system was positioned over southwestern Kansas during the evening of the 5th, with a stationary frontal boundary extending southeast from the low into northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas.

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Pawnee, OK · Oct 4, 2017

An area of showers with embedded thunderstorms increased in coverage during the early morning hours of the 4th, developing within a very moist air mass south of a stalled frontal boundary that stretched from southeastern Kansas into northwestern Oklahoma.

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Flash Flood

Cleveland, OK · Aug 31, 2020

A stalled frontal boundary and anomalous moisture led to the development of numerous thunderstorms which produced large hail and a few damaging wind reports.

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Flash Flood

Cleveland, OK · Aug 31, 2020

A stalled frontal boundary and anomalous moisture led to the development of numerous thunderstorms which produced large hail and a few damaging wind reports.

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Flash Flood

Cleveland, OK · Aug 31, 2020

A stalled frontal boundary and anomalous moisture led to the development of numerous thunderstorms which produced large hail and a few damaging wind reports.

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Flash Flood

Oklahoma, OK · Aug 31, 2020

A stalled frontal boundary and anomalous moisture led to the development of numerous thunderstorms which produced large hail and a few damaging wind reports.

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Flash Flood

Cleveland, OK · Aug 31, 2020

A stalled frontal boundary and anomalous moisture led to the development of numerous thunderstorms which produced large hail and a few damaging wind reports.

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Flash Flood

Cleveland, OK · Aug 31, 2020

A stalled frontal boundary and anomalous moisture led to the development of numerous thunderstorms which produced large hail and a few damaging wind reports.

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Flash Flood

Cleveland, OK · Aug 31, 2020

A stalled frontal boundary and anomalous moisture led to the development of numerous thunderstorms which produced large hail and a few damaging wind reports.

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Flash Flood

Choctaw, OK · Aug 19, 2021

Thunderstorms developed across portions of southeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 19th. A very moist air mass across the region and weak wind flow aloft resulted in slow-moving thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall, some of which resulted in flash…

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Flash Flood

Pushmataha, OK · Aug 19, 2021

Thunderstorms developed across portions of southeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 19th. A very moist air mass across the region and weak wind flow aloft resulted in slow-moving thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall, some of which resulted in flash…

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Flood

Ottawa, OK · May 21, 2021

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms over a several day period resulted in widespread two to four inch rainfall across much of northeastern Oklahoma, with locally up to six inches occurring.

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