Headline:
Flood Warning issued June 6 at 2:43PM CDT until June 10 at 7:20AM CDT by NWS Norman OK
Event:
Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 6, 2025 - 12:43pm
Expires:
June 7, 2025 - 12:45am
Description:
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Oklahoma...
Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa affecting Kay, Noble and
Grant Counties.
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa.
* WHEN...Until Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, Flood depths ranging up to about 8 feet
move from eastern Grant County... across Kay County... to the
confluence with the Arkansas River below Ponca City. Private
levees may be overtopped... and farmland and oilfields are flooded
hours before the crest. The southbound lanes of Interstate Highway
I-35 may be threatened by floodwaters. Road closures include...
Fountain Road at U.S. Highway 77 south of Tonkawa... and State
Highway 156 between Marland and Ponca City.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 15.8 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet.
- Forecast...The Salt Fork Arkansas River is expected to rise
to a crest of 24.6 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall
below flood stage early Tuesday morning.
- Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
Area Description:
Grant, OK; Kay, OK; Noble, OK
Forcast Office:
NWS Norman OK