Flood — Mccurtain, Oklahoma

2025-01-30 · near Glover, Mccurtain, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Four cabin homes near the banks of the Glover River just south of Highway 3 were inundated after the Glover River quickly rose above major flood stage (22 feet) and crested near 23.2 feet at 330 pm on January 30th.

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 significantly increased streamflow across the Glover River basin, with the Glover River near Glover rising above the 16 foot flood stage around mid-morning on the 30th, and cresting in major flood stage near 23.2 feet by late afternoon, before receding below flood stage by mid-evening. As a result, four cabin homes near the banks of the Glover River just south of Highway 3 were inundated.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1234341. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.