Newkirk, OK Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Chikaskia River near Blackwell.

* WHEN...From Monday morning to Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 30.0 feet, Several residences may be surrounded with
street depths approaching 2 feet in the northeast portions of
Blackwell. Highway 177 north of Blackwell may be flooded... while
Hubbard Road may be impassable southeast of Blackwell. Rural lands
are covered by floodwaters ranging up to 2 feet in depth in
extreme northeastern Grant and Kay counties.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:30 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 20.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 28.0 feet.
- Forecast...The Chikaskia River is expected to rise above
flood stage tomorrow morning to a crest of 30.5 feet tomorrow
evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday
morning.
- Flood stage is 29.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
368 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

GARFIELD              GRANT                 KAY
NOBLE

IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

ALFALFA               DEWEY                 ELLIS
HARPER                MAJOR                 WOODS
WOODWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALVA, ARNETT, BLACKWELL, BUFFALO,
CARMEN, CHEROKEE, ENID, FAIRVIEW, FARGO, GAGE, HELENA, LAMONT,
LAVERNE, LEEDEY, MEDFORD, PERRY, PONCA CITY, POND CREEK, SEILING,
SHATTUCK, TALOGA, VICI, WAKITA, AND WOODWARD.