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WGUS44 KOUN 171348
FLWOUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
848 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...
RED RIVER NEAR BURKBURNETT AFFECTING CLAY, WICHITA, TILLMAN,
JEFFERSON AND COTTON 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 900 PM CDT.
OKC033-067-141-TXC077-485-180200-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0024.261018T1200Z-261019T0000Z/
/BKBT2.1.ER.261018T1200Z.261018T1200Z.261018T1800Z.NO/
848 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY EVENING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RED RIVER NEAR BURKBURNETT.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, CROP AND RANGE LANDS... OIL FIELDS... AND
RURAL ROADS ARE AFFECTED. SOME LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER MAY
BE ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER IN SIDE CHANNELS. BOTTOMLANDS NEAR
DAVIDSON OKLAHOMA BEGIN TO FLOOD SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE CREST
APPROACHES THE BURKBURNETT AREA. THE FLOOD CREST REACHES THE AREA
ALONG THE RIVER NEAR TAYLOR OKLAHOMA SEVERAL HOURS LATER. CATTLE
AND OTHER PROPERTY SHOULD BE RELOCATED TO PLACES WHICH ARE HIGHER
THAN NEARBY RIVER BANKS TO AVOID BEING STRANDED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.0 FEET
TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3414 9895 3430 9895 3418 9854 3419 9805
3406 9815 3402 9859
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