Flood, Cherokee
- When
- May 4, 10:00 PM CST to May 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Oklahoma, May 4 to 6, 1999
The Illinois River at Tahlequah rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 1100 PM CDT on May 4. 2 feet at 1000 AM CDT on May 6 before falling back below flood stage at 300 PM CDT on May 6.
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 Illinois River at Tahlequah rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 1100 PM CDT on May 4. The river crested at a level of 12.2 feet at 1000 AM CDT on May 6 before falling back below flood stage at 300 PM CDT on May 6.
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
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 4, 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: 5700764.