Flash Flood in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Flash Flood June 1, 2013 · Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Death

Injury

$100K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous roads were flooded around Clearview and Weleetka. Homes were evacuated in Weleetka from rising flood waters. Roads and bridges were damaged by flooding in this area. A 69 year old female drowned inside her vehicle after driving into floodwaters along Alabama Creek south of Clearview. A 14 year old passenger escaped through the sunroof.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed over central Oklahoma and southern Kansas along a slow-moving cold front during the afternoon hours of May 31st. Very unstable air ahead of the cold front, combined with strong wind shear, resulted in storms quickly evolving into supercells. These storms produced several tornadoes during the evening hours across northeastern Oklahoma. Severe weather and heavy rain continued into the morning hours of the 1st as the storms slowly moved through the region.

Began near Weleetka (35.3282, -96.1888).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 461427. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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