Flood, Pawnee
- When
- November 2, 1:00 PM CST to November 4, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Oklahoma, November 2 to 4, 1998
5 feet on November 3 at 11 AM.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Record-setting rains in Kansas caused the Arkansas River at Ralston to rise above its flood stage of 16 feet on November 2, cresting at 18.5 feet on November 3 at 11 AM.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Osage
- When
- November 2, 1:00 PM CST to November 4, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in California, November 2, 1998
- Flood in Puerto Rico, November 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, November 2 to 5, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, November 2, 1998
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, November 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, November 2 to 3, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, November 2 to 15, 1998
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, November 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, November 1998
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: 5671086, 5671087.