Ardmore, OK Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

OK
.    OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ATOKA                BECKHAM             BLAINE
BRYAN                CADDO               CANADIAN
CARTER               CHOCTAW             CLEVELAND
COAL                 COMANCHE            COTTON
CUSTER               DEWEY               GARVIN
GRADY                GREER               HARMON
HASKELL              HUGHES              JACKSON
JEFFERSON            JOHNSTON            KINGFISHER
KIOWA                LATIMER             LE FLORE
LINCOLN              LOGAN               LOVE
MARSHALL             MCCLAIN             MCINTOSH
MURRAY               OKFUSKEE            OKLAHOMA
OKMULGEE             PITTSBURG           PONTOTOC
POTTAWATOMIE         PUSHMATAHA          ROGER MILLS
SEMINOLE             STEPHENS            TILLMAN
WASHITA

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Washita River near Dickson.

* WHEN...Until late Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 33.0 feet, Flood depths up to 8 feet inundate areas
along the Washita Rivery... from near Davis in Murray County... to
near Dickson in Carter County... to the headwaters of Lake Texoma
in Johnston County. Nearly 7 thousand acres of agricultural lands
are covered. Any flooding on tributary creeks is increased by
backwater from the Washita River.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:30 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 33.2 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 25.0 feet.
- Forecast...The Washita River is expected to rise to a crest
of 33.5 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall
below flood stage early Sunday morning.
- Flood stage is 27.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
32.8 feet on 07/08/2015.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southern, and southwest
Oklahoma, including the following counties, in central Oklahoma,
Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie. In
east central Oklahoma, Pontotoc and Seminole. In southern
Oklahoma, Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray and Stephens. In
southwest Oklahoma, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and Tillman.

* WHEN...From 10 PM CDT this evening through Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more
heavy rain.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Additional showers and thunderstorms will bring moderate to
heavy rainfall over areas that are already saturated from
recent heavy rains.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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