Flood in Oklahoma, October 6 to 7, 1998

Name: Flood in Oklahoma, October 6 to 7, 1998
Start: 1998-10-06T14:00
End: 1998-10-07T20:00
Location: Oklahoma

October 6 to 7, 1998 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Le Flore

When: October 6, 2:00 PM CST to October 7, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Le Flore forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

The Poteau River at Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet to reach a flood crest of 31.4 feet at 7 AM CDT on October 7.

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5666959.