Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas from October 2nd through the 9th. Four to eight inches of rain fell across the region during this period.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas from October 2nd through the 9th. Four to eight inches of rain fell across the region during this period. The heavy rainfall resulted in moderate flooding of 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 Oct 9, 5:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
234 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1117 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW BROKEN ARROW 36.02N 95.83W
10/09/2018 TULSA OK PUBLIC
TREE BLOWN DOWN AT E 101ST AND S 129TH. REPORT VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
1127 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE BROKEN ARROW 36.09N 95.74W
10/09/2018 WAGONER OK BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE TREE LIMB AND PRIVACY FENCE BLOWN DOWN NEAR LIBERTY
ELEMENTARY. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1126 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE BROKEN ARROW 36.08N 95.75W
10/09/2018 WAGONER OK PUBLIC
LARGE TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN AT E 41ST AND S 193RD. REPORT
RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
SRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
253 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 AM TSTM WND GST 3 WSW BOYNTON 35.63N 95.71W
10/09/2018 M62 MPH MUSKOGEE OK STORM CHASER
REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
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</html>The 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 7:00 pm CDT on October 9th. The river crested at 19.34 feet at 3:45 pm CDT on the 14th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 6:00 pm CDT on the 15th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, October 2018
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: 791200.