Flood, Okmulgee
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 7, 4:00 AM 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, June 1 to 7, 2001
At 10 am cdt on May 30 the Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet. 9 feet at 11 pm cdt on June 3rd and then fell below its flood stage at 5 am cdt on June 7.
Where it happened
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- 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.
At 10 am cdt on May 30 the Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet. The river crested at 22.9 feet at 11 pm cdt on June 3rd and then fell below its flood stage at 5 am cdt on June 7.
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 May 31, 8:05 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 8:05 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 905 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2001 CLEARING LINE OF LOW CLOUDS MOVING TO SOUTHEAST AT 19KT. WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO FRESHEN UP SKY COVER AS CLEARING OCCURS. WILL ALSO MASSAGE ANY EVENING WORDING. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. MATHEWS .TSA... 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 1, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, June 1, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 2001
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 1, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 1, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 1, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 1, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 1, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, June 1, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 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: 5254896.