Flood, Osage
- When
- May 9, 8:00 AM CST to May 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flooding in Oklahoma, May 9 to 10, 2000
The Bird Creek at Avant rose above its flood stage of 16 feet at 9 am cdt on May 9. The Bird Creek at Sperry rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 10 pm cdt on May 9.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
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- 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 9 am cdt on May 9. The river crested at 18.3 feet at 3 pm cdt on May 9 before falling below its flood stage at 8 pm on May 9.The Bird Creek at Sperry rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 10 pm cdt on May 9. The river crested at 22.9 feet at 1 pm cdt on May 10 before falling below its flood stage at 8 pm cdt on May 10.
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 9, 8:00 AM CST to May 10, 7:00 PM 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
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 9, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, May 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 9, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, May 9, 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: 5146817, 5146818.