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Collinsville,
Oklahoma
May 2019 (Online June 24th) May Rain & Tornados |
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it would continue to rain and storm so much in May (and even now in mid-June)
2019, so I have not kept a good track of the amount of rain and storms
in Collinsville (and NE Oklahoma) ... but do not recall a wetter month
in my lifetime experience. Day after day of heavy rains filled the streets,
creeks, rivers and dams to overflowing. A sunny looking day would slip
in every so often and it would appear we were finally "in the clear"
but before the day ended there would be another "monsoon" rain.
And on many of those days, storm sirens, phone alerts and TV weathermen
were constamtly reporting on flooding, tornados and hail hopping around
nearly every community. Again, I don't have any good record of events
but recall the week that CHS graduation was delayed a day (from Monday
May 20th) with flooding and tornados ... we received about two feet of
rain in many areas. All of the typically low-lying areas flooded and many
others that thought they were out of the 100-year-flood plain watched
as flood water got higher day after day. Several other local communities
were worse off than Collinsville. -- Ted Wright 6/24/2019 -- the following is a somewhat random and incomplete coverage of those events -- if anyone has daily or weekly rain totals for Collinsville, I would like to add to this page |
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| 5/20 CHS graduation delayed /// heavy rain 6 inch maybe + flooding | |||||
5/21 Horsepen Creek
residents evacuated (Tweet1)
(Daylight
Followup Tweet)  
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| Collinsville city and rural firefighters (with an assist from several local communities with inflatable rescue boats) evacuated about 25 residents from Collinsville's Horsepen Creek Mobile Home Park (on north 19th Street) between 2am and 3am Tuesday May 21 as the creek water rose quickly and trapped them in their home. There were no injuries, but many suffered flooding in their homes and vehicles. | |||||
| Horsepen Creek Update -- 6/20/2019 -- Jack Ashby -- Well, I grew up in Collinsville. I also checked the TMAPC 100 year flood lines. I was behind that line. We had 23 inches of rain in 30 days, this was a 200-year flood or may not happen again. Not all the trailers got water inside...you can pick your spots. I got rainwater inside from the storm blowing my door, but no flood water inside, nor did my neighbors...but many others did. I can redo my undercarriage insulation and get another car...many lost their homes...but my neighbor and I back up against the hill. The water would have never gotten up the driveway in a 100-year flood, so many people did take due precautions. I will stay but will move my car if it rains like that again. I have suggested that one small area that may flood be set up as sites for campers and fifth wheels. Probably 80% or more of the homes were not damaged. | |||||
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| Caney River Flooding Near Collinsville Anticipated -- NewsOn6 5/22/2019 | |||||
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| 5/21/2019 Southfork
last night Baylor Weathers our enjoying the lake between the rain storms. - Roy Weathers
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| Pryor Lightning Fire
Death of CHS Grad (Mike
Collier Tweet 5/21) (Dorthy Feeback Facebook 5/21) Another former Cardinal passed away this morning. I dont have picture but she was a dear friend. Cynthia Denise Watt Hoffman and her 4 yr old granddaughter passed away this morning in Pryor after a lightening strike caught her home on fire. She moved away in the 70s but I remeber her singing in the high school choir at a Christmas concert. Cynthia Denise Watt Hoffman Aug 7, 1959 -May 21,2019 RIP Cyndi |
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| https://twitter.com/stetson__payne/status/1131241776575143936 -- Jenks Aquarium Sealed for flood | |||||
| 6/6/2019 Chamber Free Plaza Movie was rainout | |||||
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| June 18th Lightning Video (Tweet) | |||||
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