Oklahoma, 2005

Flash Flood in Oklahoma, June 1, 2005

June 1, 2005 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 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 1, 1:29 AM CST, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:29 AM CST, 7 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
229 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

.DISCUSSION...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA IN A ZONE OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH AFTERNOON ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. WILL KEEP POPS FAIRLY HIGH THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA WHICH WILL BE MORE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF THE WEAK INSENTROPIC LIFT AND A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE
SLIDING TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.

TONIGHT AND THURSDAY LOOK TO BE DRY AS MID-LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS
ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SHORTWAVE.

A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
THIS TIME PERIOD WITH SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. MAY NEED TO ADJUST POPS HIGHER
FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY IF GFS IS CORRECT. WARMER AND
MORE HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE ON TAP FOR THE WEEKEND
AS A LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   81  62  84  69 /  40  10   0   0
FSM   80  60  85  64 /  60  10   0   0
MLC   80  61  84  68 /  40  10   0   0
BVO   81  59  82  67 /  40  10   0   0
FYV   74  57  80  62 /  60  10   0   0
BYV   73  57  78  59 /  70  10   0   0
MKO   78  61  83  65 /  50  10   0   0
MIO   79  59  83  62 /  50  10   0   0
F10   80  61  83  67 /  40  10   0   0
HHW   81  63  86  67 /  50  10   0   0

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 12
LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 10

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Nowata

When
June 1, 8:30 AM CST to 9:30 AM CST
Where
Nowata County, Northwest Portion
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.800, -95.583

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over Highway 10 east of Wann.

What these are

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: 5456130.