Flood Warning issued October 16 at 7:46PM CDT until October 19 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Norman OK
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...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Canadian River at Purcell affecting Cleveland, McClain and Pottawatomie Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Canadian River at Purcell. * WHEN...From Sunday evening to Monday morning. * IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Shallow flooding of low-lying areas occurs near the river on the Cleveland-McClain County border from near Noble... to areas south of Purcell and Lexington. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 6:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 8.2 feet. - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.0 feet Sunday evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday morning. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - 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 Saturday morning at 800 AM CDT.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- OK, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Cleveland, OK; McClain, OK; Pottawatomie, OK
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-18T19:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["OK"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-16T19:46:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a8904cbbbd9341128fa696d4e3e676e25e25a954.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d767f59ef7244b731839b5235f29b5b8a319c310.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.85a73b3d76a5e27480f3037f31da9d7b69c79b92.001.1"]
- 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 Saturday morning at 800 AM CDT.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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