Flood in Creek County, Oklahoma
Flood May 24, 2015 · Creek County, Oklahoma
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Several homes were evacuated by boat near Park and Washington Streets. A man drown in flood water near the intersection of S Hickory Road and W 186th Street S.
The wider storm
A slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure moved from the Rockies into the Plains on the 23rd and 24th. Very moist and slightly unstable air was in place across the Southern Plains ahead of this system. Several rounds of thunderstorms developed and moved across eastern Oklahoma, resulting in widespread heavy rainfall and flash flooding. An isolated damaging wind event also occurred.
Began near Sapulpa (35.9891, -96.1489).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 579071. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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