Heavy rain caused a moderate flood on the Neosho River near Commerce.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Heavy rain caused a moderate flood on the Neosho River near Commerce.
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 May 7, 7:58 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
858 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE LINEAR MCS CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY PUSH ACROSS FAR NE OKLAHOMA
AND INTO NW ARKANSAS AT PRESENT. LOW LEVEL SHEAR CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT SOME THREAT OF TORNADOES ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. HAVE
CLEARED MUCH OF TORNADO WATCH 275 BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS... AND
HAVE REDUCED POPS AND OVERALL THUNDER PROBABILITY IN THAT AREA AS
WELL. AREAS OF RAIN AND ISOLD THUNDER LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR A FEW
MORE HOURS IN DEFORMATION AREA ON NW SIDE OF UPPER LOW KEEPING
HEAVY RAIN CHANCES GOING TO THE NW OF TULSA AREA UNTIL SOMETIME
AFTER 06Z. HAVE ALSO NOTED GUSTY NW WINDS NEAR THE PRIMARY MID
LEVEL CIRCULATION WITH GUSTS 30-35 ACROSS NORTHERN OSAGE CO. WILL
ALSO DROP OVERNIGHT LOWS A FEW DEGREES AS AREAS IN WAKE OF MCS
HAVE SEEN TEMPS DROP INTO MID-UPPER 50S...DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO
DROP A WHOLE LOT MORE HOWEVER.
ANOTHER SET OF UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED BETWEEN 930 AND 10
PM...WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO DROP A FEW MORE COUNTIES FROM TORNADO
WATCH AT THAT TIME.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 58 77 58 79 / 90 10 30 20
FSM 59 77 58 83 / 90 10 10 10
MLC 58 78 59 83 / 20 10 10 10
BVO 56 76 54 78 / 100 10 40 20
FYV 58 73 51 76 / 100 20 20 20
BYV 58 72 52 74 / 100 20 10 20
MKO 59 77 57 80 / 70 10 20 10
MIO 56 74 55 74 / 100 20 40 20
F10 58 77 57 80 / 20 10 20 10
HHW 60 81 60 86 / 20 10 10 10
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ062-OKZ063.
AR...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...15
LONG TERM....14HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1110 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-081000- 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- 1109 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING DUE TO PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS. DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND WHILE ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES...THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WATER LEVELS RECEDE. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN OUR AREA THE NEXT FEW DAYS KEEPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT...IF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE CAN RETURN AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
725 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
OKZ049-053-080100-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
725 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA
AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTH OF FALLON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUGO...SAWYER...FORT
TOWSON...SWINK...MESSER...SOBOL...FALLON...SPEER...APPLE...CORINNE...
RATTAN AND OLETA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3414 9558 3442 9504 3425 9503 3423 9505
3422 9512 3416 9513 3415 9514 3399 9514
3391 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 243DEG 66KT 3405 9539PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
754 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 PM TSTM WND DMG BROKEN ARROW 36.05N 95.79W
05/07/2008 TULSA OK BROADCAST MEDIA
POWER POLES BROKEN AND TREE DAMAGE NEAR RHEMA BIBLE
COLLEGE.
&&
SAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
805 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 PM TSTM WND GST PANAMA 35.17N 94.67W
05/07/2008 E60 MPH LE FLORE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
820 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0816 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W TAHLEQUAH 35.92N 95.01W
05/07/2008 M60 MPH CHEROKEE OK AMATEUR RADIO
&&
SAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
839 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0834 PM HAIL OAKS 36.17N 94.85W
05/07/2008 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE OK AMATEUR RADIO
0834 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N OAKS 36.18N 94.85W
05/07/2008 E60.00 MPH DELAWARE OK AMATEUR RADIO
&&
SAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
853 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0851 PM TSTM WND GST WESTVILLE 35.99N 94.57W
05/07/2008 M60 MPH ADAIR OK AMATEUR RADIO
&&
SAAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 11:15 pm cdt on May 7th. The river crested at 20.21 feet at 3:00 am cdt on May 10th. The river fell below its flood stage at 2:15 am cdt on May 12th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 2008
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: 107784.