Tulsa sits on the Arkansas River in an active part of “Tornado Alley,” and the city has a well-documented history of severe flash flooding, including catastrophic events in 1984 and 1986 that killed dozens of residents and led to one of the most comprehensive stormwater-management overhauls of any U.S. city. Tulsa now receives around 1,090 mm (about 43 inches) of rain a year, with intense spring thunderstorms remaining the primary hazard, capable of producing extreme short-term rainfall rates on top of the city’s naturally flood-prone low-lying creek areas. Because this history is so well documented locally, radar tracking of approaching storms is treated as a genuinely critical safety tool. NWS Doppler radar KINX (Tulsa) covers the region.
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