Flash Flood — Mccurtain, Oklahoma

2025-01-30 · near Broken Bow, Mccurtain, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Craig, Clouse, Dog Pound, Peavy, and Shiloh Roads just east of Broken Bow were all closed due to flooding.

Wider weather episode

A closed upper level low pressure system shifted east from Southeast Colorado into the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles into Western Oklahoma on January 30th, with an increased southerly low level flow allowing warm, humid, and very moist air to return back north across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas with the passage of a warm front. Strong forcing near and north of the warm front ahead of this upper low pressure system resulted in areas of widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms over portions of extreme Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and adjacent sections of Southwest Arkansas, where rainfall amounts of 2-6+ inches was observed.

These excessive totals resulted in areas of flash flooding over the hillier terrain of McCurtain County Oklahoma, where multiple roads were closed due to flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1234288. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.