2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Apr 8, 10:10 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1110 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002 CLOUDS STILL BLANKETING THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT BEGINNING TO SEE JUST A FEW BREAKS. AREAS THAT DO TEND TO SHOW SOME BREAKS QUICKLY FILLING BACK IN THOUGH. SURFACE PATTERN STILL MUDDLED THIS MORNING IN WAKE OF COMPLEX THAT EXITED THE AREA DURNG THE THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RADAR SHOWING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSRA TRYING TO REDEVELOP WITH COLD CORE OF UPPER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS. EXPECT COVERAGE TO CONTINUING INCREASING WITH POTENTIAL FOR ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE WX DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF CLEARING AND HOW MUCH AMS CAN RECOVER. WILL UPDATE ZONES AND KEEP LIKELY POPS IN MOST AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO WINDS/TEMPS. .TSA... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES ARZ001>002... ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053...OKZ065>076.
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CST MON APR 8 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OKEMAH TO BENTONVILLE LINE... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTENDED SOUTH IN TO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT INTO MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN ENDED EARLY THIS MORNING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO REDEVELOP IN IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY SEE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL END LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 1 1/2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SINCE EARLY SUNDAY...WHICH RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING. THE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY MAY ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING SINCE THE SATURATED GROUND CANNOT HOLD MUCH MORE WATER. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT /OKCFFATUL/ ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RAINFALL TRENDS AND ANY FLOODING TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. .DISCUSSION... COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS ENOUGH FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HAIL WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY THREAT AREA 1...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...50 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...10 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CST MON APR 8 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OKEMAH TO BENTONVILLE LINE... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTENDED SOUTH IN TO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT INTO MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN ENDED EARLY THIS MORNING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO REDEVELOP IN IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY SEE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL END LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 1 1/2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SINCE EARLY SUNDAY...WHICH RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING. THE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY MAY ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING SINCE THE SATURATED GROUND CANNOT HOLD MUCH MORE WATER. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT /OKCFFATUL/ ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RAINFALL TRENDS AND ANY FLOODING TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. .DISCUSSION... COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS ENOUGH FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HAIL WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY THREAT AREA 1...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...50 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...10 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:38 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain rains caused the city hall in Red Oak to be flooded.
Due to heavy rainfall the previous night a quick inch or two of rain caused flooding of some roads across Le Flore county. One major highway which was closed was Highway 271 near Wister.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 2002
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: 5290096, 5290097.