Flash Flood, Kay
- When
- May 23, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County, Newkirk
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1999
Isolated thunderstorms developed over portions of central Oklahoma during the early morning of the 23rd. Flooding was reported in Newkirk in Kay County at the intersection of County Shed Road and Peckham Road, and in Ponca City, also in Kay County, where many streets were flooded.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 3
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.
Isolated thunderstorms developed over portions of central Oklahoma during the early morning of the 23rd. Flooding was reported in Newkirk in Kay County at the intersection of County Shed Road and Peckham Road, and in Ponca City, also in Kay County, where many streets were flooded.
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:28 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Kay
- When
- May 23, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kay County, Ponca City
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.818, -97.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Oklahoma
- When
- May 23, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, Tinker Afb
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -97.380
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in California, May 23, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 23, 1999
- Tornadoes in Michigan, May 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, May 23, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Texas, May 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, May 23 to 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5712842, 5712843, 5712844.