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 across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the evening of the 3rd, along and mostly east of a stationary front that stretched across the area.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of the 28th over portions of eastern Oklahoma, along and north of a warm front that had moved into the area during the day.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the early evening of August 31st across northeastern Oklahoma, as a cold front approached from the northwest. These storms moved southeast across eastern Oklahoma, and produced damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Scattered high-based convection moved from the Texas Panhandle into portions of western Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 13th. Sufficient wind shear and instability combined to yield a mix of semi-organized cells and clusters across the region, resulting in a few reports of…
Read the full account →A high-amplitude upper trough swept across the Central and Southern Plains on the 4th. The southern branch/maxima of the upper jet provided sufficient synoptic lift that, combined with multiple surface fronts across the area (cold front approaching from northwest with stationary…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over central Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 28th, ahead of a cold front that pushed into the area from the west. These storms moved east across eastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 29th.
Read the full account →The approach of a compact upper wave, combined with a sagging frontal boundary across the area, provided the lift needed for widespread thunderstorm development.
Read the full account →A broad low pressure center in the middle and upper atmosphere moved from northern Texas to northeastern Oklahoma on the 6th and 7th. The first round of thunderstorms affected southeastern Oklahoma during the morning and afternoon hours of the 6th.
Read the full account →An organized linear complex of thunderstorms, centered across south-central Kansas, produced a severe-caliber wind gust across far northern Oklahoma during the early morning of the 9th.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →A broad low pressure center in the middle and upper atmosphere moved from northern Texas to northeastern Oklahoma on the 6th and 7th. The first round of thunderstorms affected southeastern Oklahoma during the morning and afternoon hours of the 6th.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A vorticity maxima, embedded within a broader closed upper low along the Great Divide, rotated out across the Southern High Plains on the 8th.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over central Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 28th, ahead of a cold front that pushed into the area from the west. These storms moved east across eastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 29th.
Read the full account →The approach of a compact upper wave, combined with a sagging frontal boundary across the area, provided the lift needed for widespread thunderstorm development.
Read the full account →Summary of flooding events for October 4-5 1998:What started out as Oklahoma's worst-ever October tornado outbreak turned into a widespread and serious flash flood event when a steady train of supercell thunderstorms moving across northeast Oklahoma on the evening of October 4…
Read the full account →A broad low pressure center in the middle and upper atmosphere moved from northern Texas to northeastern Oklahoma on the 6th and 7th. The first round of thunderstorms affected southeastern Oklahoma during the morning and afternoon hours of the 6th.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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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