Flash Flood, Osage
- When
- August 17, 3:15 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, In and Nr Pawhuska
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.629, -96.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Oklahoma, August 17, 1996
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.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
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. 8 inches of water covered Main Street in Pawhuska, and Cemetery Road was also flooded. 2 feet of water covered the road at Lynn and 9th Streets in Pawhuska, and water entered some houses and cars in Pawhuska. 1 person was hospitalized after floodwaters caused him to lose control of his vehicle.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5572754.