Tulsa storm history

Locally heavy rainfall during the morning of the 20th resulted in high flows through area low water crossings. A vehicle was driven into one such low water crossing, and was washed downstream. Two people exited the vehicle in the flood, and got to safety, while two others drowned…

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 wa…

The Arkansas River near Tulsa rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 12:30 am CDT on May 22nd. The river crested at 23.41 feet at 3:00 pm CDT on the 29th, resulting in major flooding. This was the second highest crest on record. Severe flooding occurred along the Arkansas River…

A vehicle was driven off the road, possibly due to hydroplaning, and down an embankment. The vehicle slid into a flooded culvert and then was washed downstream into a creek. The driver of the vehicle drowned, and was found the next morning in Mingo Creek about 4000 feet downstrea…

Several roads were closed due to flooding. A woman drove into flood waters on Mingo Road between 191st Street South and 201st Street South and was drowned.

Three teenagers were playing near rain-swollened Coal Creek in north Tulsa. Two of the three teenagers got out of the water safely but one was washed downstream and drown by the flood waters. He was found the following morning about a mile and a half downstream from where they we…

Four to eight inches of sleet and snow fell across the county. An auto accident resulted in 3 (indirect) fatalities during the storm near Sand Springs.

A man was found unconscious under a tree near a construction site on 41st Street. EMSA treated the man and transported him to a local hospital where he later died. The death was related to prolonged exposure to excessive heat.

Up to two inches of ice accumulated on trees, power lines, and other exposed surfaces.

A 72 year old man died in Tulsa from heat exposure on the 9th. A 65 year old man died in Tulsa from heat exposure on the 10th.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a three foot diameter tree. The tree fell on a pick up truck that was stopped at a traffic light near the 5600 block of South Peoria. The man in the truck died as the cabin was crushed by the tree.

Two teenagers were struck by lightning when it struck a tree under which they were playing. Both teenagers went into cardiac arrest as a result of the strike but were revived and taken to the hospital. One of the teenagers later died (on October 11, 2005) from injuries and compli…

Heavy rains fell across Tulsa county beginning the evening of May 5 and continuing through the night before ending the morning of May 6. The bulk of the rain fell over the western and southern parts of the county with 6.81 inches at Sand Springs and 5.84 inches at Jenks. Tulsa In…

A 40-year old man in Tulsa collapsed from heat stroke on June 26 and later died on July 13. After a morning low in Tulsa of 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the high temperature reached 96 degrees with a heat index was around 105 degrees. Similar conditions prevailed across much of eastern…