Oklahoma, 2001Flash Flood in Oklahoma, December 16, 2001
December 16, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 16, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001
A LOT OF WEATHER FOR THE FIRST PERIOD OF FORECAST. WEST TO EAST WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY MOVING SLOWLY NORTH THRU CENTER OF CWA.
THIS WILL BE FOCUS FOR THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS UPPER LEVEL
TROF APPROACHES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALSO FLASH
FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE AS STORMS THIS EVENING WILL DUMP A FEW MORE
INCHES OF RAIN ON AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY FLOODED TODAY.
WILL EXTEND CURRENT FLOOD WATCH INTO TONIGHT...SAME ZONES...SINCE
THAT IS WHERE THE BULK OF THE RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT AND TODAY...AND
ALLOW OTHER AREAS TO BE HANDLED WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AS
NEEDED. HOWEVER...BY MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY AFTER...MOST OF THE RAIN
SHOULD BE MOVING EAST OF THE CWA. COLD FRONT WILL PASS ALL OF CWA BY
AROUND 09Z OR 10Z TONIGHT...WITH PRECIP TAPERING OFF. WILL NOT
MENTION RAIN ANY ZONES FOR MONDAY...BUT IT WILL BE CLOSE IN EAST.
DRY SLOT WORKS RAPIDLY INTO EASTERN ZONES BY 12Z ON MESO ETA...SO
WILL FOLLOW THIS AS END OF RAIN. WRAP AROUND PRECIP IS RATHER CLOSE
TO NORTHERN ZONES ON MONDAY...BUT WILL JUST GO WITH CLOUDY FOR NOW.
DRY WEATHER THROUGH REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. MRF HAS NEXT SYSTEM
DIGGING RATHER DEEP...SO LOOKS LIKE A ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN PRODUCER.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE COLDER AIR FOR CHRISTMAS EVE.
PRELIMS...
SHV 53/59/36/64 +000
MLU 58/62/36/63 +100
TXK 48/55/37/61 +000
TYR 47/57/36/63 +000
LFK 52/60/35/65 +000
.SHV...FLOOD WATCH...NORTHWEST OF A MAGNOLIA AR...RUSK TX LINE
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-
149-150
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In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 16, 3:50 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
350 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM GOLDEN OK FLOODING
12/16/01 MCCURTAIN 2 1/2 FEET OF WATER
COVERING COUNTRY ROAD.
5 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW.
840 AM MOUNT PLEASANT TX FLOODING
12/16/01 TITUS FLOODING REPORT AT VARIOUS
LOCATIONS: SE 15 AND SE
26...SE 9 AND SE 38... AND
A BRIDGE OUT AT NW 46 OFF
OF 1402.
250 PM BROKEN BOW OK FLOODING
12/16/01 MCCURTAIN CAR WASHED OFF ROAD ON OLD
US 70.
NNNNLocal storm report, Dec 16, 5:00 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 PM CDT SUN DEC 16 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM JUDSON TX WIND DAMAGE
12/16/01 GREGG TREES DOWN AND ROOF
DAMAGE. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
20Flash Flood, McCurtain
- When
- December 16, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County, Idabel
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.115, -94.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hwy 37 flooded and closed. Many Farm to Market roads also closed.
- 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.
- Tornado in Texas, December 16, 20012 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 16, 20011 death · $50,000 · 21 events
- Flooding in Missouri, December 16 to 18, 2001$180,000 · 10 events
- Storm Surge in Washington, December 16, 2001$250,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Washington, December 16 to 19, 2001$150,000 · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, December 16, 2001$100,000 · 5 events
- Flooding in Kentucky, December 16 to 18, 20012 injured · $5,000 · 14 events
- Tornado in Texas, December 16, 2001$30,000 · F0 · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 16, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
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: 5273418.