Flood Warning issued October 16 at 2:45AM CDT until October 19 at 2:30AM CDT by NWS Norman OK
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...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Canadian River at Purcell affecting Pottawatomie, Cleveland and McClain Counties. For the Upper Canadian River...including Taloga, Bridgeport, Mustang, Norman, Purcell, Calvin...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Canadian River at Purcell. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon to late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Flooding to depths of a foot occurs over areas along and near the river on the Cleveland-McClain County border from near Noble... to areas south of Purcell and Lexington. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1:30 AM CDT Friday the stage was 8.7 feet. - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 12.6 feet Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.5 feet on 05/08/2015. - 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 245 PM CDT.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- OK, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Cleveland, OK; McClain, OK; Pottawatomie, OK
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-17T17:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["OK"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-16T02:45:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fca746e106a134a8a3df83c863579f47992d1762.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.71dcd193014fa54b687f490a3cd3e1e9a038ba95.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f3f429aacb6b111310e8f6a978d51b0a133f1e7f.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 245 PM CDT.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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