Flash Flood, Hughes
- When
- June 22, 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hughes County, 2 mi NW of Atwood
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Oklahoma, June 22, 2000
Numerous thunderstorms moved across portions of western Hughes County during the early morning of the 22nd. One half to one foot of water was reported covering rural roads 2 miles northwest of Atwood.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 OUN wrote it up.
Numerous thunderstorms moved across portions of western Hughes County during the early morning of the 22nd. One half to one foot of water was reported covering rural roads 2 miles northwest of Atwood.
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:47 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5151073.