43
Recorded events
4
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$890K
Property damage
Flash Flood in Adair County, Oklahoma: 43 recorded events between 1996 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #752 nationally and #27 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Adair County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Adair County is the 2000s, when 18 of the county's 43 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Adair County archive, flash flood makes up 8.9% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #752 for this hazard and #27 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 75.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for flash flood in Adair County with 8 recorded events, while Dec is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2022 | BIDDING SPGS | 0 | 2 | 2 | $0 |
| Sep 9, 2010 | BUNCH | 0 | 1 | 0 | $75K |
| Jun 30, 1999 | STILWELL | 0 | 1 | 0 | $5K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2024 | BUNCH | 0 | $0 |
| Nov 5, 2022 | BIDDING SPGS | 0 | $0 |
| May 5, 2022 | BUNCH | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 28, 2021 | WESTVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 24, 2019 | WATTS | 0 | $0 |
| May 12, 2016 | BUNCH | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 8, 2015 | CHRISTIE | 0 | $0 |
| May 28, 2015 | STILWELL | 0 | $0 |
| May 26, 2015 | BUNCH | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 26, 2013 | CHEWEY | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Adair County
- Hail 196
- Thunderstorm Wind 163
- Tornado 44
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Locally heavy rainfall resulted in the flooding of portions of several county roads. A vehicle was driven into a flooded low water crossing west of Stilwell, where it was washed downstream. Four people were inside the vehicle at the time. A 14-year old boy and a 9-year old girl in the vehicle were taken to the hospital, treated, and released. A 6-year old girl was drowned in the vehicle. A 43-year old man was also drowned, and was recovered eleven miles downstream, two days after the incident.
Numerous roads in the southern portion of the county were flooded and closed. Several county roads and low water crossings were washed out. A nineteen year old drowned when his vehicle was swept off the road while he tried to drive through a flooded low water crossing.
A 22-year old man drowned while attempting to cross a marked low-water bridge over Evansville Creek on OK Hwy 100 east of Stilwell. His compact pickup truck was swept off the road into the fast-moving stream, which had been flooded by up to 4 inches of rain earlier that morning upstream in Crawford and Washington Counties in Arkansas. The man's passenger managed to swim to safety, but the driver was carried downstream where his body was found several days later.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Adair County, Oklahoma?
43 flash flood events are recorded in Adair County between 1996 and 2024, causing 4 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Adair County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Adair County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Adair County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Adair County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/adair-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.