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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
927 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO TX HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...
CIMARRON RIVER AT FORGAN 8N AFFECTING BEAVER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 100 PM CDT.
OKC007-091800-
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927 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2023
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...CIMARRON RIVER AT FORGAN 8N.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, EXPECT MINOR OVERFLOWS OF LOW LYING BANKS
ALONG THE CIMARRON RIVER IN NORTHERN BEAVER COUNTY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 4.1
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 4.2
FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE
THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
4.3 FEET ON 02/25/1971.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3692 10000 3700 10062 3700 10038 3700 10000
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