Oklahoma, 2001

Flash Flood in Oklahoma, January 29, 2001

January 29, 2001 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 1:40 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 1:40 PM CST, 50 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
140 PM CST MON JAN 29 2001

SENT ANOTHER ZONE UPDATE...MAINLY FOR CLEARING TRENDS IN THE
SOUTHERN SECTIONS. CLOUDS HAVE BROKEN UP OVER CHOCTAW AND PUSHMATAHA
COUNTIES SO UPDATED CLOUDS AND TEMPS HERE. ALSO...CLEARING TREND
CONTINUES INTO FORT SMITH AREA AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ZONES...SO
UPDATED THESE ZONES AS WELL.

FCSTID = 06

.TUL...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

TAYLOR

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Ottawa

When
January 29, 2:30 PM CST
Where
Ottawa County, Wyandotte
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains from thunderstorms caused a bridge on East 175 Road to collapse when its supports were damaged by running water. The loss of this bridge left about 30 Ottawa County families nearly cut off. They had to travel an additional 17 miles out of their way to get around the collapsed bridge.

What these are

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.

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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: 5228198.