Flood, Okmulgee
- When
- February 25, 4:00 AM CST to February 28, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Oklahoma, February 25 to 28, 2001
The Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet during the predawn hours on February 25. 3 feet on the evening of February 28 before falling below the flood stage on the first day of March.
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
- 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 TSA wrote it up.
The Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet during the predawn hours on February 25. The river crested at 21.3 feet on the evening of February 28 before falling below the flood stage on the first day of March.
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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 2:50 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:50 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 250 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2001 UPPER LOW LIFTING NE ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING. SC DECK LOCATED JUST NORTH OF FA OVER SOUTHERN KS/MO...IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLD POOL ALOFT. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD STAY NORTH TODAY AS UPPER TROUGH PULLS NE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING INTO AREA WITH DECREASING WINDS. WEAK CAA AND INCREASING MID LEVEL CLOUDS MAY KEEP TEMPS DOWN SOMEWHAT TODAY. MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ALREADY SPREADING INTO WESTERN OK. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN WITH OVC CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL KEEP DIURNAL TEMP RANGE DOWN. AS STRONG UPPER JET MOVES INTO TX PANHANDLE/OK...LIGHT OVERRUNNING PRECIP COULD DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN ZONES AS EARLY AS MONDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT/TUE MORNING AS LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS OVER NORTH TEXAS. WET PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES AREA BY TUE EVENING. GIVEN THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY PREVIOUS RAINFALL...WILL NEED TO MONITOR FLOOD POTENTIAL INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUE NIGHT WITH COLD CONDITIONS WED. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW/SLEET OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS TUE NIGHT INTO WED...BUT SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ATTM. COLD CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO THU AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO N TX. CONCERNING TEMPS...IN THE SHORT TERM WENT WITH A BLEND OF WARMER NGM MOS/COOLER ETA. FCSTID = 12 .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... TUL BE 056/038 058/042 046 003 FSM BE 058/040 058/042 047 003 MLC BE 058/042 058/044 050 003 BVO BE 054/037 057/040 045 003 FYV BE 052/035 057/037 041 003 BYV BE 050/034 055/037 040 003 MIO BE 052/035 055/040 043 003 MKO BE 057/039 059/043 049 003 F10 BE 059/043 060/045 053 003 HHW BE 060/044 060/046 053 003 .TSA... .AR...NONE. .OK...NONE.|
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:45 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1045 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0132 PM FAYETTEVILLE AR WIND DAMAGE
02/24/01 WASHINGTON 30-40 FOOT TALL TREE
BLOWN DOWN ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Q CAMPUS. 3 VEHICLES
DAMAGED. REPORT FROM
CAMPUS NEWSPAPER.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in New York, February 25 to 26, 2001
- Blizzard in Iowa, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Missouri, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 25, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Wisconsin, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, February 25, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 25, 2001
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, February 2001
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: 5235072.