FLOODING? Skiatrook, Sperry...Owasso? (Tulsa, Skiatook: how much, homes, tornado)

[doghandler]

Hi All,

So....how often does Skiatook, Sperry....or Owasso FLOOD? Can you tell me anything about the weather? Seasons? Etc...

Thanks

Hoping to re-locate to a nice community North of Tulsa...within 30 minutes drive to city. Not sure yet.

[briansgi]

Never floods in Owasso, but Skiatook is a different story. Seems each time we get a lot of rain there is flooding on the east side of Skiatook. No idea about Sperry.

[broncomama]

I've lived in Owasso for 28 years in 4 different homes and never had a problem with flooding. In all that time, I've never seen a tornado touch down here either. I raised my children in Owasso and they turned out great. The people are friendly too. Owasso has everything you need as far as shopping and restaurants etc., but Tulsa is less than 30 minutes away. There's plenty of available housing in Owasso and it's safer than Tulsa. Everyone that lives here seems to love it. If you need any help with decorating when you arrive, give me a shout. I know all kinds of cost saving tricks and my rates are very reasonable. I can turn your Owasso home into a show place without breaking the bank. You'll have a blast too. That I can promise. My email address is dang12@cox.net. I look forward to hearing from you.

[Okiegirlfriend]

This is a very helpful site for checking out flood zones.

FEMA Floodsmart

[ORexpat]

What kind of a climate does Tulsa have? And yes, I saw pictures of that awful recent blizzard. I'm thinking more of the length of the growing season, and how hot it gets, and how much humidity. Is the humidity more like the south, like Houston?
What I mean is, do you have to live inside with the AC in the summer, the way you do in Arizona.

[Nameless]

Originally Posted by ORexpat

What kind of a climate does Tulsa have? And yes, I saw pictures of that awful recent blizzard. I'm thinking more of the length of the growing season, and how hot it gets, and how much humidity. Is the humidity more like the south, like Houston?
What I mean is, do you have to live inside with the AC in the summer, the way you do in Arizona.

Tulsa's climate is humid subtropical, although not as humid as areas such as Houston or New Orleans. That recent blizzard was a once or twice in a lifetime event for the area and I wouldn't let that discourage you at all from moving to the area.

Almost all summers see temperatures reach 100 degrees but a typical day will be in the 90's, low temperatures only drop into the 70's and on occasion 60's. The difference between Tulsa and Arizona is that after the sun goes down it doesn't cool as nicely as Arizona. Once in a while a "cold" front will go through and lower the temperatures to the 80's for highs and 60's for lows for a few days with low humidity but that's quickly replaced with higher temperatures and humidity.

I basically live inside during the summer, the early morning and late evening are tolerable but not desirable I would say. Between 10am and 7pm forget about it 90% of the time.

The first freeze tends to occur around Halloween and the last freeze the first week of April. that would give a growing season of nearly 7 months or around 200 days. Truth be told though the weeds tend to pop up the first week of March and the last mow tends to be around Thanksgiving. I typically don't mow for the first time until the 1st of April.

[TulsaArtist]

Imo we have 4 "classic" storybook, seasons.

March has wild swings turning from winter to spring switching between super cold and, ooooh a warm taste of spring.
April and May are classic spring, flowers and plants blooming, chilly to warm, and yes windy.
June is an in-between seasons month, ranging from warm to hot.
July and August are classic summers, hot, sometimes stormy, often humid, dog days of summer.
Sept, temps start to moderate.
October and November are classic fall, and is probably my favorite season, cooler temps, chilly nights, colorful leaves.
December another in-between month, can be cool, can be cold.
Jan and Feb, classic winter, cold cold cold.

[ORexpat]

I guess I'll have to re-think my idea of moving to Tulsa. One thing I really want in a move is to not have to live in AC, as I have for the past six years in the long very hot summer here. I miss my beautiful summers! (I came from eastern Oregon.) There is really no summer here, just HEAT, and a pleasant winter really isn't like summer out of season. Also, I have a physical problem which is badly affected by heat. I didn't know that when I moved.
Thanks a lot for your comments.