Flood Warning issued October 15 at 1:50AM CDT until October 16 at 1:51PM CDT by NWS Norman OK
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...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Canadian River near Bridgeport affecting Blaine, Grady, Caddo and Canadian Counties. For the Upper Canadian River...including Bridgeport...Major flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record. * WHERE...Canadian River near Bridgeport. * WHEN...Until Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Flooding affects croplands... pastures... and oil wells near the river. Flood plain fields at higher elevations away from the river may be cut off from easy access by high water in side channels. Sand dredging operations are affected. Upstream points in southern Blaine County may see flooding before the areas near Bridgeport in northern Caddo County. Downstream points in southwestern Canadian County are affected hours later. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:45 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 19.1 feet. - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 12:45 AM CDT Thursday was 19.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage tomorrow morning and continue falling to 11.1 feet early Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 14.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 19.4 feet on 05/03/1914. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 200 PM CDT.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- OK, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Blaine, OK; Caddo, OK; Canadian, OK; Grady, OK
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-15T01:50:00-05:00
- states
- ["OK"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-15T01:50:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1d3ce369101a497eb385fcb6e117eb2f65887ca2.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9eff5e2fe5a16b7ad11a2c6c6689897e242dfecb.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2246adc323a6dfaa42f2d6e9ef383bab5972db4e.001.1"]
- instruction
- Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 200 PM CDT.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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