Flood, Le Flore
- When
- June 21, 11:00 PM CST to June 23, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Le Flore forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flood in Oklahoma, June 21 to 23, 2000
The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 12 am cdt on June 22. 7 feet at 3 pm cdt on June 22 before falling below its flood stage at 4 am cdt on June 23.
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 Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 12 am cdt on June 22. The river crested at 30.7 feet at 3 pm cdt on June 22 before falling below its flood stage at 4 am cdt on June 23.
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
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, June 21, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, June 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 21, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2000
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: 5152915.