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WGUS44 KOUN 151338
FLWOUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
838 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...
NORTH FORK RED RIVER NEAR HEADRICK AFFECTING TILLMAN, KIOWA AND
JACKSON 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.
OKC065-075-141-160145-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0018.261016T0945Z-261017T2200Z/
/HEAO2.1.ER.261016T0945Z.261017T0000Z.261017T1600Z.NO/
838 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NORTH FORK RED RIVER NEAR HEADRICK.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, FLOODING OR ISOLATION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS
AND RURAL ROADS OCCURS IN KIOWA... JACKSON... AND TILLMAN COUNTIES.
UPSTREAM POINTS IN KIOWA COUNTY MAY SEE FLOODING SEVERAL HOURS
BEFORE THE CREST REACHES THE HEADRICK AREA. THE FLOOD CREST REACHES
DOWNSTREAM POINTS NEAR TIPTON MUCH LATER. FLOOD DEPTHS APPROACH 1
FOOT OVER SOME AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 14.7 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.7
FEET ON 06/07/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3471 9921 3481 9917 3486 9912 3468 9902
3454 9911 3458 9924
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