Flood, Ottawa
- When
- June 21, 10:00 AM CST to June 23, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Oklahoma, June 21 to 23, 2001
At 11 am cdt the Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet. 0 feet at 300 pm cdt on June 22.
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 11 am cdt the Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet. The river crested at 18.0 feet at 300 pm cdt on June 22. The river fell below its flood stage at 11 pm cdt on June 23.
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 Jun 21, 9:45 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:45 AM CST, 15 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1045 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 QUICK UPDATE TO KEEP POPS GOING IN SE 1/2 OF CWA THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WIND SHIFT MOST PRONOUNCED ALONG I-44. THIS FRONT SHOULD GRADUALLY PUSH SOUTH WITH TIME. FUTHER SOUTH... WINDS ARE MAINLY WESTERLY WITH SOME NORTHERLY OUTFLOW WINDS NEAR THE RED RIVER. SHOULD SWITCH TO NORTH BY EARLY TONIGHT. ALSO TWEAKED TEMPS DOWN A LITTLE. SUN SHOULD COME OUT IN NW ZONES THIS AFTERNOON SO SHOULD GET TO UPPER 70S AT LEAST EVEN WITH NORTH WINDS. FCSTID = 26 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:10 AM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 610 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING... A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BOUNDARY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STORMS WILL EXIT THE AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...THUS ENDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SUPPORT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS HAS SUSTAINED CONVECTION FOR MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY FOR MUCH OF THIS MORNING AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST. ENOUGH LIFT AND INSTABILITY MAY BE GENERATED FROM THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS TO ALLOW ONE OR TWO STORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 1100 UTC FRIDAY THREAT AREA 1...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...20 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...5 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZEDP HAIL OR LARGER. AN UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM.
Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:45 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 AM SILOAM SPGS AR WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 BENTON MANY TREES DOWN NORTH
OF SILOAM SPRINGS TO
GENTRY. REPORTED BY
COUNTY OES.
0615 AM FAYETTEVILLE AR WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 WASHINGTON LARGE TREE DOWN IN
FAYETTEVILLE. PUBLIC
REPORT.
0625 AM WESTVILLE OK WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 ADAIR SIGNS BLOWN DOWN IN
WESTVILLE. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0640 AM ROLAND OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 SEQUOYAH DIME SIZE HAIL IN
ROLAND. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0650 AM COMBS AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 MADISON DIME SIZE HAIL IN
COMBS. PUBLIC REPORT.
0710 AM ARKOMA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 LE FLORE LARGE TREE DOWN IN
ARKOMA. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0715 AM 2 N VAN BUREN AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 CRAWFORD DIME SIZE HAIL IN
RENA.SPOTTER REPORT.
0716 AM FT SMITH AR .88 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 SEBASTIAN DIME SIZE HAIL IN FORT
SMITH. REPORTED BY NWS.Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:46 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
946 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 AM 4 E VAN BUREN AR WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 CRAWFORD TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN BETWEEN VAN BUREN
AND KIBLER. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.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
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 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: 5254898.