Flood — Tulsa, Oklahoma

2024-04-01 · near Dawson, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall moved into Tulsa, and resulted in minor flooding of portions of city streets and low-lying areas. Two homeless people were sleeping near a storm drain at E Admiral Place and S Memorial Drive, one of which was swept into the storm drain and was washed away. She was found deceased the next morning about 100 feet inside the storm drain.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed along a dry line over central and western Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 1st, as a strong upper level disturbance translated into the Southern Plains. The storms moved through eastern Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours. Moderately strong instability combined with strong deep layer shear to support the development of some supercell thunderstorms, which produced several tornadoes, and damaging wind gusts. The storms evolved into a squall line that also produced damaging wind gusts during the late evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1177204. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.