Flood in Oklahoma, January 13 to 14, 2005

Name: Flood in Oklahoma, January 13 to 14, 2005
Start: 2005-01-13T15:00
End: 2005-01-14T17:00
Location: Oklahoma

January 13 to 14, 2005 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 3 pm cst January 13. 27 feet at 3 am January 14 before falling below its flood stage at 5 pm the same day.

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 Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 3 pm cst January 13. The river crested at 30.27 feet at 3 am January 14 before falling below its flood stage at 5 pm the same day.

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 13, 2:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 2:35 PM CST, 25 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
235 PM CST THU JAN 13 2005

COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE
OF THE DEPARTING UPPER SYSTEM AND SURFACE COLD FRONT. ONLY REAL
CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE CENTER AROUND SEVERAL REINFORCING
SHOTS OF HIGH PRESSURE AND RESULTANT TEMPERATURES. GFS IS STILL
COLDEST...THOUGH SYNOPTIC FEATURES DONT DIFFER TOO MUCH. SINCE THE
TREND OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS HAS BEEN WARMER...WONT QUITE GO AS
COLD AS THE GFS...BUT INSTEAD USE A BLEND OF MAV AND ETA MOS FOR AT
LEAST THE EARLY PERIODS.. DRY NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL HOLD FOR
MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE
SURGES OF COLDER AIR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NO MAJOR CHANGES
PLANNED FOR THE EXTENDED...EXCEPT WARMER TEMPS FOR DAY 7.

PRELIM NUMBERS:

TUL    16   36   23   33 /   5    5    5   10
FSM    23   42   25   38 /   5    5    5   10
MLC    21   44   26   38 /   5    5    5   10
BVO    10   33   17   30 /   5    5    5   10
FYV    16   38   20   32 /   5    5    5   10
BYV    18   37   22   33 /   5    5    5   10
MKO    18   39   24   34 /   5    5    5   10
MIO    16   32   21   30 /   5    5    5   10
F10    18   39   24   34 /   5    5    5   10
HHW    26   48   30   43 /   5    5    5   10

FORECAST ID= 23

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CST THU JAN 13 2005

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141100-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
100 PM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING.
        AREA...ILLINOIS RIVER AT WATTS AND TAHLEQUAH.
               ARKANSAS RIVER AT VAN BUREN.
               POTEAU RIVER NEAR PANAMA.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH
CLEARING SKIES AND COLDER TEMPERATURES.

MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD
STATEMENTS /OKCFLSTSA/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE
NEXT 5 OR 6 DAYS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 13, 12:26 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1226 PM CST THU JAN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW WARNER             35.44N 95.37W
01/12/2005                   MCINTOSH           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN.

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E OZARK               35.49N 93.81W
01/12/2005                   FRANKLIN           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 64.

0639 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GOSHEN                  36.10N 93.99W
01/12/2005                   WASHINGTON         AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 45.

0800 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HIGHFILL                36.26N 94.36W
01/12/2005                   BENTON             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 264 UNDER WATER.

0800 PM     FLASH FLOOD      OZARK                   35.49N 93.83W
01/12/2005                   FRANKLIN           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREET FLOODING.

0810 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NW KINGSTON           36.08N 93.56W
01/12/2005                   MADISON            AR   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            COUNTY ROAD IMPASSIBLE.

0815 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 N METALTON            36.30N 93.53W
01/12/2005                   CARROLL            AR   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            COUNTY ROADS 705 AND 710 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

RJS

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Le Flore

When: January 13, 3:00 PM CST to January 14, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Le Flore forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, January 2005

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: 5438499.