Preliminary Flood Reports May 1, 2009 (Through 1PM)

• 1124 AM FLOOD: INOLA HIGHWAY 88 FLOODED IN SPOTS IN THE INOLA VICINITY


• 1126 AM FLOOD: TULSA 6-8 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT 43RD STREET AND SHERIDAN ROAD.


• 1030 AM FLOOD: 4 E OWASSO 80TH STREET NORTH AND 166TH STREET SOUTH CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.


• 1039 AM FLOOD: CLAREMORE MAIN AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN CLAREMORE FLOODED...AND HAVE BEEN BLOCKED OFF BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SOME MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE CLAREMORE AREA.


• 1043 AM FLOOD: 3 E OWASSO 86TH STREET NORTH 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE TULSA/ROGERS COUNTY LINE HAS BEEN CLOSED.


• 1045 AM FLOOD: VERDIGRIS HOMES IN THE VERDIGRIS AREA HAVE BEEN FLOODED.


• 1019 AM FLOOD: PRYOR 25 WATER RESCUES PERFORMED SO FAR IN THE PRYOR AREA


• 1005 AM FLOOD: OWASSO WATER UP TO THE DOORS AT SEVERAL BUSINESSES AT A STRIP MALL LOCATED AT 76TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 169 IN OWASSO.


• 1012 AM HEAVY RAIN: TULSA 1.59 INCHES RAIN FELL IN 30 MINUTES AT THE TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BETWEEN 940 AM AND 1010 AM.


• 1004 AM FLOOD: WATTS WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN THE TOWN OF WATTS.


• 0942 AM FLOOD: LOCUST GROVE COUNTY ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF LOCUST GROVE HAVE BEEN CLOSED. LOCUST GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PERFORMED 2 WATER RESCUES FOR STRANDED MOTORISTS.


• 0903 AM FLOOD: 5 ENE PEGGS WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF HOMES ACROSS NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. AN INCREASE IN WATER RESCUE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED ACROSS THE AREA.


• 0530 AM FLOOD: CHELSEA HIGHWAY 28 ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CHLESEA CLOSED. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS ROGERS COUNTY. SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN CHELSEA REPORTED TO HAVE STANDING WATER.


• 0826 AM FLOOD: 5 SW ZENA VARIOUS ROADS UNDER WATER ACROSS WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY


• 0826 AM FLASH FLOOD: 5 ENE PEGGS COUNTY ROAD 505 IN TERESITA UNDER WATER. SWIFT WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS.


• 0745 AM FLASH FLOOD: PRYOR NUMEROUS FLOODING ISSUES IN CITY. SWIFT WATER RESCUE REQUIRED JUST NORTH OF PRYOR. 3.36 INCES IN TWO HOURS AT MESONET SITE.