Flash Flood, Le Flore
- When
- June 12, 5:45 PM CST to 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, In and Nr Spiro
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -94.703 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Oklahoma, June 12, 1996
Thunderstorms in Le Flore County produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in considerable flooding of roads in and near Spiro.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 in Le Flore County produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in considerable flooding of roads in and near Spiro.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 1996
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: 5565351.