049  
WGUS44 KOUN 180804  
FLWOUN  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
304 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...  
 
SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER AT TONKAWA AFFECTING KAY, NOBLE AND  
GRANT 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.  
 
 
 
OKC053-071-103-182015-  
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0068.250619T0220Z-250620T1530Z/  
/TONO2.1.ER.250619T0220Z.250619T1200Z.250620T0930Z.NO/  
304 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER AT TONKAWA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, FLOOD DEPTHS RANGING UP TO ABOUT 3 FEET  
MOVE FROM EASTERN GRANT COUNTY... ACROSS KAY COUNTY... TO THE  
CONFLUENCE WITH THE ARKANSAS RIVER BELOW PONCA CITY. FARMLAND AND  
OILFIELDS ARE FLOODED HOURS BEFORE THE CREST. THE INTERSECTION OF  
FOUNTAIN ROAD AND U.S. HIGHWAY 77 SOUTH OF TONKAWA... AND STATE  
HIGHWAY 156 BETWEEN MARLAND AND PONCA CITY ARE CLOSED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE  
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 19.6 FEET  
TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3661 9759 3669 9759 3669 9732 3663 9706  
3655 9706 3662 9738  
 
 
 
JT  
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