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WGUS44 KOUN 151334
FLWOUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
834 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...
CANADIAN RIVER AT PURCELL AFFECTING POTTAWATOMIE, CLEVELAND AND
MCCLAIN 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.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 845 PM CDT.
OKC027-087-125-160145-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0017.261016T1200Z-261017T1600Z/
/PRCO2.1.ER.261016T1200Z.261017T0000Z.261017T1000Z.UU/
834 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CANADIAN RIVER AT PURCELL.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, SHALLOW FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS OCCURS
NEAR THE RIVER ON THE CLEVELAND-MCCLAIN COUNTY BORDER FROM NEAR
NOBLE... TO AREAS SOUTH OF PURCELL AND LEXINGTON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 12.4 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.5
FEET ON 05/08/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3505 9749 3516 9734 3501 9720 3502 9693
3488 9693 3488 9727
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