Flood Warning issued October 17 at 2:45AM 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 Pottawatomie, McClain and Cleveland 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 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 1:30 AM CDT Saturday 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 tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday morning. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 11.9 feet on 06/05/1995. - 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
- 2026-10-18T19:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["OK"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-17T02:45:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9731ad14cd89697c6991f274a3317376b8f3f24.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a8904cbbbd9341128fa696d4e3e676e25e25a954.001.1"]
- 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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