Flash Flood, Kay
- When
- September 25, 11:00 PM CST to September 26, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County, Central Kay County
- Coordinates
- 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Oklahoma, September 25 to 26, 1996
WSR-88D radar estimated that over 3 inches of rain fell in central Kay County from 2130 CST to 2257 CST, which brought the 2-day rainfall total to 9 inches in Blackwell. By 2300 CST on the 25th, street flooding was beginning on Highway 11 between Nardin and Blackwell and on I-35 4 miles north of Highway 11.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
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- 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 OUN wrote it up.
WSR-88D radar estimated that over 3 inches of rain fell in central Kay County from 2130 CST to 2257 CST, which brought the 2-day rainfall total to 9 inches in Blackwell. By 2300 CST on the 25th, street flooding was beginning on Highway 11 between Nardin and Blackwell and on I-35 4 miles north of Highway 11. Road closings included Hubbard Road, HWY 177, US HWY 77, and the Braman Exit of I-35. In addition, Stink Creek and Bitter Creek both flooded.
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
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 25, 1996
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 25, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, September 25, 1996
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, September 25, 1996
- Flood in Kansas, September 25, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 25, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 25, 1996
- Hail in Arizona, September 25, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, September 25, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, September 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, September 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: 5571347.