567  
WGUS84 KOUN 170108  
FLSOUN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
808 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 245 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
OKC119-170745-  
/O.EXT.KOUN.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-261017T0734Z/  
/RIPO2.1.ER.261016T1230Z.261016T2030Z.261017T0134Z.NO/  
808 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...CIMARRON RIVER NEAR RIPLEY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, PLACES ALONG THE CIMARRON RIVER VALLEY IN  
PAYNE COUNTY ARE BRIEFLY FLOODED. AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND OIL WELLS  
LOCATED NEAR THE CHANNEL ARE ISOLATED BY WATER IN CUTOFF CHANNELS  
ALONG THE RIVER VALLEY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS  
EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.4 FEET WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.1  
FEET ON 05/29/2015.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3593 9726 3600 9720 3611 9675 3609 9662  
3601 9662 3593 9701  
 
 
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