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WGUS44 KOUN 070126
FLWOUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
826 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...TEXAS...
RED RIVER NEAR BURKBURNETT AFFECTING WICHITA, JEFFERSON, TILLMAN,
COTTON AND CLAY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
OKC033-067-141-TXC077-485-071330-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0040.250508T0000Z-250508T0600Z/
/BKBT2.1.ER.250508T0000Z.000000T0000Z.250508T0000Z.NO/
826 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RED RIVER NEAR BURKBURNETT.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, CROP AND RANGE LANDS... OIL FIELDS... AND
RURAL ROADS ARE AFFECTED. SOME LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER MAY
BE ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER IN SIDE CHANNELS. BOTTOMLANDS NEAR
DAVIDSON OKLAHOMA BEGIN TO FLOOD SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE CREST
APPROACHES THE BURKBURNETT AREA. THE FLOOD CREST REACHES THE AREA
ALONG THE RIVER NEAR TAYLOR OKLAHOMA SEVERAL HOURS LATER. CATTLE
AND OTHER PROPERTY SHOULD BE RELOCATED TO PLACES WHICH ARE HIGHER
THAN NEARBY RIVER BANKS TO AVOID BEING STRANDED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- NO CURRENT OBSERVED STAGE WAS AVAILABLE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RED RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF
9.0 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3414 9895 3430 9895 3418 9854 3419 9805
3406 9815 3402 9859
MAD
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