Flood Warning issued October 16 at 2:20AM CDT until October 17 at 7:51AM CDT by NWS Norman OK
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...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Cimarron River near Ripley affecting Payne County. For the Cimarron River...including Guthrie, Perkins, Ripley...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Cimarron River near Ripley. * WHEN...Until Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Places along the Cimarron River valley in Payne County are briefly flooded to depths of about a foot. Agricultural lands and oil wells located near the river banks are inundated or cut off by water in side channels. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 2:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 15.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this morning to a crest of 17.8 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.8 feet on 05/09/2008. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood 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 afternoon at 230 PM CDT.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- OK, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Payne, OK
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-16T02:20:00-05:00
- states
- ["OK"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-16T02:20:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d0809e1d74ab838b6dd816ce2a7922b5f6007820.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d1aa4472ab01b7a6b9094e5c410dfca422cb9af7.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b4bba3e40efc113736b7a8175fc1acc4c38e8bb6.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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 afternoon at 230 PM CDT.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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