Oklahoma, 1999

Flood in Oklahoma, March 13 to 15, 1999

March 13 to 15, 1999 · 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
March 13, 9:00 AM CST to March 15, 5:00 AM CST
Where
Le Flore forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Following heavy rains, the Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 9 AM on March 13. The river crested at a level of 31.9 feet on the morning of March 14 before falling back below flood stage early on the morning of March 15.

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

More

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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: 5689103.