Flood, Okmulgee
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 3, 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, March 1 to 3, 2001
3 feet at 7 pm cst on February 28. The river did not fall below its flood stage until 4 am cst on March 3.
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.
The Deep Fork river near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 4 am cst on February 25.The river crested at 21.3 feet at 7 pm cst on February 28. The river did not fall below its flood stage until 4 am cst on March 3.
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 Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 935 PM CST WED FEB 28 2001 DO NOT PLAN ON MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING. WILL KEEP THE ADVISORY GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT AS OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOST OF THE RADAR ECHOES ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURABLE RAIN/FREEZING RAIN WERE MOVING EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. THE ECHOES WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS AND ALSO ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF DRIZZLE AND VERY WEAK 88D RETURNS ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SUGGEST THAT OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER THE MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINS END. WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE MUCH OVERNIGHT... PHERHAPS RISING A DEGREE OR TWO AS AIRMASS SLOWLY MODIFIES. UPDATED ZONES WILL BE SENT BY 950 PM. FCSTID = 9 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ054>062...OKZ064>067.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 6:45 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 645 PM CST WED FEB 28 2001 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AN AREA OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AROUND MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...PATCHES OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. PREVIOUS FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY CREATED VERY SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SURFACE HIGHWAYS THROUGH OSAGE...PAWNEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LEAD TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A HENRYETTA TO WAGONER TO MIAMI LINE. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION REGULARLY UPDATES ROAD CONDITION INFORMATION AND IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING 405-425-2385 OR BY ACCESSING THEIR WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.OKLADOT.STATE.OK.US IF YOU WITNESS A VEHICLE CRASH OR ARE INVOLVED IN ONE...YOU CAN CALL THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL ON A CELLULAR PHONE BY DIALING *55. .DISCUSSION... AS AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA IN SWIFT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...WARM...MOIST AIR WILL BE CARRIED NORTHWARD OVER AN ARCTIC FRONT LOCATED ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM ADVECTION WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MAINLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS EVENING OR DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...THE LOW-LEVELS WILL REMAIN SATURATED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. FREEZING FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY SLICK CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT /OKCWSWTUL/ ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 1, 2001
- Rip Current in California, March 1, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 1 to 3, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 1 to 3, 2001
- Dense Fog in Arizona, March 1, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 2001
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in South Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 1, 2001
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2001
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 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: 5236581.