Flood, Okmulgee
- When
- January 31, 3:00 PM CST to 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, January 31, 2001
The Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 3 pm on January 31. 2 feet at 2 am February 1 before falling below its flood at 9 am the same day.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 at 3 pm on January 31. The river crested at 18.2 feet at 2 am February 1 before falling below its flood at 9 am the same day.
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 31, 2:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 2:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 245 PM CST WED JAN 31 2001 DRIER AIR WORKING INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON UNDER SUNNY SKIES. TEMPS BACK INTO THE UPPER 40S MOST LOCATIONS/LOWER 50S TOWARD THE RED RIVER. SFC HIGH CURRENTLY OVER TX PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE SAGGING SOUTH INTO N TX TONIGHT WITH LIGHT NW WINDS BECOMING SW BY MORNING. BELIEVE SOIL CONDITIONS HAVE DRIED ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT...EVEN WITH LIGHT WINDS/CLEAR SKIES. LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THU. NEW 18Z MESO-ETA TRENDING MORE TOWARD THE SLOWER 00Z SOLUTION...BRINGING COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN AREAS AROUND MID AFTERNOON. WITH WEST WINDS AHEAD OF FRONT...EXPECT GOOD WARM UP WITH TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S OVER SOUTHERN AREAS. AVN A LITTLE STRONGER WITH 50H VORT AXIS...GENERATING LIGHT PRECIP OVER NW ARK. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE DRY ETA SOLUTION...GIVEN LIMITED MOISTURE AVAILABLE. WILL LIKELY SEE INCREASING CLOUDINESS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS UPPER VORT AXIS SWINGS THROUGH. STRONGER CAA WILL DEVELOP BEHIND FRONT THU NIGHT. SFC RIDGE SETTLES INTO AREA BY FRI MORNING WITH TEMPS IN THE TEENS OVER NW ARK. ON FRI...EASTERN AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO WARM UP WITH RIDGE AXIS JUST EAST OF AREA. WARMER FURTHER WEST OVER EASTERN OK AS SW FLOW RE-DEVELOPS BY AFTERNOON. EXTENDED PERIODS...RELATIVELY DRY WX PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS NEXT NEXT FRONT APPROACHES ON SUN. SYSTEM WILL ALSO HAVE LIMITED MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AS GULF REMAINS CUT OFF. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE FOR -RW ON SUN OVER NORTHERN AREAS AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH. TEMPS WARMING BACK TO NEAR 60 ON TUE AS SFC LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. PRELIM NUMBERS... FCSTID = 12 TUL 26 48 20 46 / 0 0 0 0 FSM 25 53 22 43 / 0 0 0 0 MLC 27 53 23 46 / 0 0 0 0 BVO 25 45 18 44 / 0 0 0 0 FYV 23 44 16 40 / 0 0 0 0 BYV 23 44 16 40 / 0 0 0 0 MIO 25 45 17 41 / 0 0 0 0 MKO 26 50 20 46 / 0 0 0 0 F10 26 48 20 46 / 0 0 0 0 HHW 28 55 24 45 / 0 0 0 0 .TUL... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
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
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 31, 2001
- Flash Flood in New York, January 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 31, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 31, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, January 31, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 31, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, January 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 31, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 2001
- Flood in Indiana, January 31, 2001
- Wildfire in Hawaii, January 31, 2001
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 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: 5228875.