Flash Flood, Oklahoma
- When
- June 23, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -97.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
Thunderstorms which formed across portions of central Oklahoma during the early morning of the 23rd caused widespread street flooding on West Reno in Oklahoma City in Oklahoma County, where a pick-up truck was mostly submerged. Water had to be removed by electric pumps at NW 6th and Penn, while sections of SE 74th near Hiawassee Rd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $51,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Thunderstorms which formed across portions of central Oklahoma during the early morning of the 23rd caused widespread street flooding on West Reno in Oklahoma City in Oklahoma County, where a pick-up truck was mostly submerged. Water had to be removed by electric pumps at NW 6th and Penn, while sections of SE 74th near Hiawassee Rd. caved in. In Cleveland County, several roads were closed due to flooding in Norman, and Main St. was flooded near Moore High School in the city of Moore. Finally, lightning struck a tree in Pauls Valley in Garvin County, causing large limbs to fall into severel power lines, knocking out power.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Garvin
- When
- June 23, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Garvin County, Pauls Vly
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.705, -97.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Cleveland
- When
- June 23, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Moore
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.203, -97.326 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Cleveland
- When
- June 23, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Norman
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.203, -97.326 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 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: 5712832, 5712835, 5712833, 5712834.