Flood, Creek
- When
- May 6, 9:00 AM CST to May 8, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Creek forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6 to 8, 2000
The Polecat Creek at Sapulpa rose above its flood stage of 21 feet on the morning of May 6. 7 feet at 6 pm cdt on May 6.
Where it happened
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- 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 Polecat Creek at Sapulpa rose above its flood stage of 21 feet on the morning of May 6. The river crested at a record level of 31.7 feet at 6 pm cdt on May 6. The river fell below its flood stage early on the morning of May 8.The Polecat Creek at Jenks rose above its flood stage of 17 feet on the morning of May 6. The river crested at 21.2 feet during the morning of May 7. The river fell below its flood stage during the evening of May 7.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Tulsa
- When
- May 6, 9:00 AM CST to May 8, 6:00 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)
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, 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: 5146822, 5146823.