Flood, Le Flore
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Le Flore forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flood in Oklahoma, February 1, 2002
The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 5 pm cst on January 31. 6 feet at 11 pm the same night.
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 Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 5 pm cst on January 31. The river crested at 25.6 feet at 11 pm the same night. The river fell below its flood stage at 7 am cst February 1.
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 Jan 31, 8:50 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 8:50 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 850 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002 CLEARING LINE JUST TO THE WEST OF FA THIS EVENING. WINDS STILL GUSTING 20 TO 25 MPH OVER MOST AREAS. EXPECT WINDS TO SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SHOULD STILL BE IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE BY MORNING. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM THE WEST OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT...WITH CLEARING LINE NEAR THE OK/ARK BORDER AROUND 12Z. EXPECT NW ARK ZONES TO HOLD ON TO THE LOW CLOUDS FOR MOST OF THE MORNING FRI...BEFORE SCATTERING OUT. HAVE ALREADY SENT UPDATE TO TWEAK CLOUDS/WINDS...GIVEN LATEST TRENDS. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ANTICIPATED. FCSTID = 12 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
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
- High Wind in New York, February 1, 2002
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 1, 2002
- High Wind in Ohio, February 1, 2002
- High Wind in New York, February 1, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2002
- High Wind in Michigan, February 1, 2002
- Strong Wind in Virginia, February 1, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2002
- Winter Storm in New York, February 1, 2002
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 1, 2002
- Flooding in New York, February 1 to 2, 2002
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 1, 2002
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, February 2002
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: 5282975.