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WGUS84 KOUN 161922
FLSOUN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
222 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OKLAHOMA...
NORTH FORK RED RIVER NEAR HEADRICK AFFECTING JACKSON, KIOWA AND
TILLMAN 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 230 AM CDT.
OKC065-075-141-170730-
/O.EXT.KOUN.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-261018T2034Z/
/HEAO2.2.ER.261015T1742Z.261017T0000Z.261018T1434Z.NO/
222 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...NORTH FORK RED RIVER NEAR HEADRICK.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 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 3
FEET OVER SOME AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.6 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.6
FEET ON 08/27/2017.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3471 9921 3481 9917 3486 9912 3468 9902
3454 9911 3458 9924
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