690  
WGUS84 KOUN 161936 RRA  
FLSOUN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
236 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
OKLAHOMA...  
 
CANADIAN RIVER AT PURCELL AFFECTING CLEVELAND, MCCLAIN AND  
POTTAWATOMIE 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 245 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
OKC027-087-125-170745-  
/O.EXT.KOUN.FL.W.0017.261019T0000Z-261019T1200Z/  
/PRCO2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
236 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO MONDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CANADIAN RIVER AT PURCELL.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO MONDAY 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 1:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.0 FEET  
SUNDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3505 9749 3516 9734 3501 9720 3502 9693  
3488 9693 3488 9727  
 

 
 
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