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WGUS84 KOUN 271848
FLSOUN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
148 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
OKLAHOMA...
CHIKASKIA RIVER NEAR BLACKWELL AFFECTING GRANT AND KAY 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.
OKC053-071-280345-
/O.EXT.KOUN.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-260628T0332Z/
/BLKO2.3.ER.260626T0148Z.260627T0530Z.260627T2132Z.NO/
148 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...CHIKASKIA RIVER NEAR BLACKWELL.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 31.0 FEET, SEVERAL CITY BLOCKS IN THE NORTHEAST
PORTIONS OF BLACKWELL MAY BE AFFECTED. STREETS CLOSEST TO THE
RIVER MAY BE NEARLY IMPASSABLE... WITH DEPTHS APPROACHING 2 FEET.
HIGHWAY 177 NORTH OF BLACKWELL IS OVERTOPPED... AND HUBBARD ROAD
SOUTHEAST OF BLACKWELL IS CLOSED. RURAL LANDS ARE COVERED BY
FLOODWATERS RANGING UP TO 3 FEET IN DEPTH IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
GRANT AND KAY COUNTIES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 30.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE CHIKASKIA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 29.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3700 9750 3700 9743 3682 9722 3666 9721
3668 9729 3681 9730
MDU
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