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Flash FloodTulsa, Oklahoma

October 13, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Tulsa

Event narrative (NOAA)

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 were playing.

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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.

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