Flood, Tulsa
- When
- May 6, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6, 2000
The Bird Creek at Avant rose above its flood stage of 16 feet at 11 am cdt on May 6. The Bird Creek at Sperry rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 2 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
- 2
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 Bird Creek at Avant rose above its flood stage of 16 feet at 11 am cdt on May 6. The river crested at 20.6 feet at 5 pm cdt on May 6 before falling below the flood stage at 11 pm cdt on May 6.The Bird Creek at Sperry rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 2 pm cdt on May 6. The river crested at 26.2 feet at 10 pm on May 6 before falling below the flood stage at midnight cdt on May 8.The Bird Creek at Owasso(Mingo Road) rose above its flood stage of 19 feet at 10 am on May 6. The river crested at 22.0 feet at 2 pm cdt on May 6 before falling below the flood stage at 6 am cdt on May 8.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Osage
- When
- May 6, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Wyoming, May 6, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in Maryland, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in District of Columbia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 6, 2000
- Heat in West Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6 to 8, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, May 6, 2000
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5146472, 5146816.