Flash Flood, Muskogee
- When
- July 10, 11:15 AM CST to 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Muskogee
- Coordinates
- 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, July 10, 1997
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 2
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.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:16 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Muskogee
- When
- July 10, 11:30 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Ft Gibson
- Coordinates
- 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms in Muskogee County of northeast Oklahoma produced up to 5 inches of rain which resulted in flash flooding. Widespread street flooding occurred in Muskogee, and Sams Creek overflowed its banks resulting in minor flooding in the Meadows subdivision on the south side of Muskogee. However, no homes were flooded in Muskogee. State Highway 10 was impassable in the town of Fort Gibson due to high water over the roadway.
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
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Hail in Utah, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, July 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 1997
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: 5620893, 5620894.