60 Homes Damaged By Floods In Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Washington County’s Emergency Manager says 60 homes flooded, mostly in a neighborhood on the South side of Bartlesville. Many of them had water four feet and deeper.

The neighborhood is dry now and much of the debris has been cleared, and neighbors are airing out homes that have been stripped to the studs.

"It was a surprise just because of how quickly it happened," said T.J. Dickinson, who said the water first appeared on the street 90 minutes before it was ankle deep inside his house. Soon it was waist deep and he had to leave with his two children and wife, Amanda. The water rose almost to the countertops in their kitchen.

"That was hard to see, all your things floating around the house," said Amanda Dickinson.

The Dickinson family had plenty of company as many homes on their street flooded. The water came from flash flooding on the creeks that feed the nearby Caney River.