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WGUS44 KOUN 151313
FLWOUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
813 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...
CIMARRON RIVER NEAR RIPLEY AFFECTING PAYNE COUNTY.
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.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 815 PM CDT.
OKC119-160115-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0016.261016T0000Z-261017T0000Z/
/RIPO2.1.ER.261016T0000Z.261016T0600Z.261016T1800Z.NO/
813 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CIMARRON RIVER NEAR RIPLEY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, PLACES ALONG THE CIMARRON RIVER VALLEY IN
PAYNE COUNTY ARE BRIEFLY FLOODED TO DEPTHS OF ABOUT A FOOT.
AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND OIL WELLS LOCATED NEAR THE RIVER BANKS ARE
INUNDATED OR CUT OFF BY WATER IN SIDE CHANNELS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING TO A CREST OF 17.8 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3593 9726 3600 9720 3611 9675 3609 9662
3601 9662 3593 9701
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