Flood, Ottawa
- When
- April 25, 4:00 PM CST to April 29, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Oklahoma, April 25 to 29, 1999
The Spring River at Quapaw rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 500 PM CDT on April 25. 2 feet at 200 AM CDT on April 27 before falling back below flood stage at 300 AM CDT on April 29.
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
- 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.
The Spring River at Quapaw rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 500 PM CDT on April 25. The river crested at 25.2 feet at 200 AM CDT on April 27 before falling back below flood stage at 300 AM CDT on April 29.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flood in Oklahoma, April 25 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 25, 1999
- Flooding in Oklahoma, April 25 to 28, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, April 25, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 25, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 25, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 25, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 25, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, April 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 25, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 1999
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: 5690967.