1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stationary frontal boundary extended across southeastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas on the 19th. Very moist and unstable air was in place along and south of the boundary.
Read the full account →Summary of events for May 3-4 1999:Following a week-long blocking weather pattern, a strong upper level trough finally moved out of the southwestern U.S.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms to the north of a stalled frontal boundary produced locally heavy rainfall across much of east central and northeastern Oklahoma on the 23rd and 24th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced over 6 inches of rain in Pawhuska which resulted in flash flooding. 17th Street in Pawhuska was completely flooded, and numerous streets in and around Pawhuska had major flooding with 1 to 2 feet of waters over the roadways common.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed across far west Texas during the early morning hours of May 25th and this cluster of severe thunderstorms evolved into a derecho, moving eastward across the entire state of Texas and eventually into Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest…
Read the full account →Widespread thunderstorms developed during the morning of July 9th, south and east of a stationary frontal boundary that was located across eastern Oklahoma and southern Missouri.
Read the full account →A potent Spring storm system took shape across the Southern and Central Plains. Strong surface cyclogenesis took shape during the day, allowing ample moisture to return northward with strong southerly flow.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms began early in the morning on the 6th, continued most of the day and into the early morning hours of the 7th. An upper level low pressure remained anchored over Colorado during this time period.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 24th, as warm and moist air was drawn up over a warm front that stretched through the region.
Read the full account →A weak, slow-moving cold front stretched across eastern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri during the morning of July 7th. The front moved slowly eastward during the afternoon.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A strong upper level low pressure system moved from the desert southwest into the Southern Plains in late December. Unseasonably moist air was in place across the region ahead of this approaching system as Pacific moisture in the mid and upper levels combined with very moist air…
Read the full account →A strong upper level low pressure system moved from the desert southwest into the Southern Plains in late December. Unseasonably moist air was in place across the region ahead of this approaching system as Pacific moisture in the mid and upper levels combined with very moist air…
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed over central Oklahoma and southern Kansas along a slow-moving cold front during the afternoon hours of May 31st. Very unstable air ahead of the cold front, combined with strong wind shear, resulted in storms quickly evolving into supercells.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 24th, as warm and moist air was drawn up over a warm front that stretched through the region.
Read the full account →A prolonged area of southwest flow aloft developed over much of Oklahoma during the period from the 10th through the 12th. Numerous upper level disturbances moving through the flow, as well as a very moist air mass allowed for several rounds of showers and thunderstorms to…
Read the full account →Significant flash flooding and 6 tornadoes, mostly small, weak and short-lived, developed on the 22nd, across a 35 mile wide band from near Frederick in southwest Oklahoma northeastward to near Chandler in central Oklahoma. Rainfall amounts in this band averaged 4 to 8 inches.
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance translated from the Southern Rockies into the Southern Plains on the 16th. Very moist and unstable air was in place across the Southern Plains as this system approached.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill moved north out of the Gulf of Mexico, across central Texas, and into south central Oklahoma on the 17th. The tropical system then slowed and began moving northeast across eastern Oklahoma late on the 17th through the 18th.
Read the full account →Summary of events of July 19, 1997:Slow-moving nighttime thunderstorms containing torrential rain moved across northern and central Oklahoma. With the ground already at or near saturation across much of the area, these thunderstorms triggered widespread flash flooding,…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Erin, the fifth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season, developed quickly over the northeast Gulf of Mexico on the 15th, before moving onshore during the morning hours of the 16th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Erin, the fifth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season, developed quickly over the northeast Gulf of Mexico on the 15th, before moving onshore during the morning hours of the 16th.
Read the full account →A tornado outbreak occurred during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 31st. A stalled front and deeply mixed dryline served as a focus for thunderstorm development. The front/dryline triple point was where the most intense supercells initiated.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 24th, as warm and moist air was drawn up over a warm front that stretched through the region.
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