1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 slow-moving low pressure trough moved from the Rockies into the Plains during the 9th and 10th. Several disturbances rotating through this trough translated across the Southern Plains during this period.
Read the full account →Following the overnight storms on the 6th, a cold front swept south to near the Red River, stalling across north Texas. By the evening of the 7th, the front was slowly lifting northward as a warm front.
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 →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 thunderstorm complex containing heavy rainfall moved across southeast Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 11th. The heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding, mainly in and near Durant, with several city streets having to be closed due to the water running over top of…
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance moved into the Southern Plains on the 25th. A moist and unstable air mass was in place across eastern Oklahoma ahead of this system.
Read the full account →A slow-moving low pressure trough moved from the Rockies into the Plains during the 9th and 10th. Several disturbances rotating through this trough translated across the Southern Plains during this period.
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level storm system approaching the Southern Plains from the Southern Rockies resulted in a persistent moist and unstable air mass over eastern Oklahoma during late May. On the 26th, two areas of thunderstorms developed and moved across the area.
Read the full account →An MCS moving southeastward out of Kansas on the morning of the 7th brought significant flooding to central OK as well as several severe wind and hail reports.
Read the full account →An MCS moving southeastward out of Kansas on the morning of the 7th brought significant flooding to central OK as well as several severe wind and hail reports.
Read the full account →An MCS moving southeastward out of Kansas on the morning of the 7th brought significant flooding to central OK as well as several severe wind and hail reports.
Read the full account →Significant flooding occurred over parts of central Oklahoma. Numerous homes and cars were flooded. One person died, and at least 136 people were injured.
Read the full account →A small complex of thunderstorms developed near the I-40 corridor in western Oklahoma during the late evening, resulting in a severe wind and hail report near Clinton.
Read the full account →A small complex of thunderstorms developed near the I-40 corridor in western Oklahoma during the late evening, resulting in a severe wind and hail report near Clinton.
Read the full account →A major severe weather outbreak occurred across western and central Oklahoma from the afternoon of the 4th through the early morning of the 5th, resulting in 19 tornadoes, straight-line wind damage, hail as large as baseballs, and significant flooding across portions of Lincoln…
Read the full account →Five to 7 inches of rain fell across portions of central Oklahoma from the 24th through the 26th. Local amounts of rainfall exceeded 10 inches from near Allen in Pontotoc County northeast to near Calvin in Hughes County.
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level storm system approaching the Southern Plains from the Southern Rockies resulted in a persistent moist and unstable air mass over eastern Oklahoma during late May. On the 26th, two areas of thunderstorms developed and moved across the area.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 6th. Unseasonably moist air across the region resulted in locally heavy rainfall with one to four inches of rain across the area, and as much as seven inches occurring…
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 6th. Unseasonably moist air across the region resulted in locally heavy rainfall with one to four inches of rain across the area, and as much as seven inches occurring…
Read the full account →A strong upper level trough moved into the Central and Southern Plains during the morning and afternoon hours of December 12th. This trough ejected into the plains with a slight negative tilt which was indicative of strong jet dynamics in association with this trough.
Read the full account →A deep upper level trough became cut off from the westerlies across the Inter-Mountain West. This trough helped to bring up Gulf of Mexico moisture as well as Eastern Pacific moisture into the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley.
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 slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure moved from the Rockies into the Plains on the 23rd and 24th. Very moist and slightly unstable air was in place across the Southern Plains ahead of this system.
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