Event narrative (NOAA)
Radar estimates of 4 to 8 inches of rain in Mayes County centered near Adair caused major flash flooding. The county emergency manager said in media reports that it was the worst flooding he had seen in his 30 years in that position.Flooding forced the closing of US Hwy 69 2 miles north of Adair and OK Hwy 28 near Adair. Between 630 and 700 AM CDT, a 53-year old man drowned when his car was washed away by eight-foot deep floodwaters flowing over OK Hwy 28 west of Adair. Those floodwaters were associated with heavy flows in a branch of Pryor Creek. Numerous county roads were flooded throughout Mayes County. Pryor Creek jumped its banks near Pryor, displacing ten people from their homes. Two trailers and one home received major damage from Pryor Creek flooding.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.