Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Flash Flood in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

46

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

3

Direct injuries

$1.1M

Property damage

Flash Flood in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma: 46 recorded events between 1998 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #681 nationally and #24 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Flash Flood in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma: events per decade

Flash Flood in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma: recorded events per decade
Flash Flood in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma: recorded events per decade

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for flash flood in Pontotoc County is the 2020s, when 19 of the county's 46 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 Pontotoc County archive, flash flood makes up 5.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #681 for this hazard and #24 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 77.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

2Jan
0Feb
1Mar
9Apr
5May
14Jun
5Jul
1Aug
8Sep
1Oct
0Nov
0Dec

Jun is the peak month for flash flood in Pontotoc County with 14 recorded events, while Feb 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

DateLocationScaleDeathsInjuriesDamage
Jun 18, 2007ADA003$1.0M
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

Most recent

Latest recorded events

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Jun 30, 2025ADA0$0
Jun 4, 2025FITTSTOWN0$0
Jun 4, 2024ROFF0$0
Apr 28, 2024FITTSTOWN0$0
Apr 28, 2024ROFF0$0
Apr 28, 2024ROFF0$0
Apr 28, 2024ADA0$0
Apr 28, 2024BYNG0$0
Oct 4, 2023ADA0$0
Jul 11, 2023ADA0$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many flash flood events are on record in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma?

46 flash flood events are recorded in Pontotoc County between 1998 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Pontotoc County?

The strongest flash flood on record in Pontotoc County measured 0.

Where does the flash flood data for Pontotoc 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.

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“Flash Flood in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/pontotoc-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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