Oklahoma, 2001

Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 3, 2001

June 3, 2001 · NWS TSA · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

4 hail, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 Jun 2, 8:50 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:50 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2001

LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING BAND OF STRATUS MOVING NORTH ACROSS
THE NW CWA WITH MORE FORMING ACROSS THE SOUTH.  STORM COMPLEX OUT
WEST HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING GOING BUT LATEST MESO ETA BREAKING
OUT A LARGE AREA OF WARM ADVECTION PRECIP OVERNIGHT.  THEREFORE...
WILL NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST AND JUST oMAKE SOME
UPDATES TO EVENING WORDING AT THIS TIME.  UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.

HOWIESON
FCSTID = 44

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:26 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ottawa

When
June 3, 2:25 AM CST
Where
Ottawa County, Fairland
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.750, -94.850

Hail, Delaware

When
June 3, 2:45 AM CST
Where
Delaware County, 5 mi NNE of Grove
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.650, -94.733

Hail, Ottawa

When
June 3, 3:25 AM CST
Where
Ottawa County, Wyandotte
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
36.800, -94.733

Hail, Delaware

When
June 3, 3:30 AM CST
Where
Delaware County, 10 mi NE of Grove
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.683, -94.633

Flash Flood, Ottawa

When
June 3, 5:30 AM CST
Where
Ottawa County, 3 mi SE of Wyandotte
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused a small stream to flood in a campground in the Sycamore valley.People were evacuated.

Flash Flood, Delaware

When
June 3, 5:45 AM CST
Where
Delaware County, 7 mi ENE of Grove
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding in the Buffalo Creek and Elk River areas. Seventeen people were evacuated from a campground and one person was rescued from a vehicle.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 5253133, 5253134, 5253135, 5253136, 5253137, 5253138.