Flood Warning for Custer, OK; Washita, OK

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...The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Washita River near Clinton affecting Washita and Custer Counties. For the Washita River...including Clinton...Minor flooding is forecast. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this evening at 1145 PM CDT. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Washita River near Clinton. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Approximately one thousand acres of rural lands are covered by depths up to a foot... from areas near the mouth of Barnitz Creek... to near Clinton in Custer County... and downstream to near the town of Cloud Chief in Washita County. greater depths may be confined to small areas where local streams enter the Washita River valley. Some farmsteads may be flooded or isolated by water over local roads. Some farm levees may be overtopped. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 10:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 17.1 feet. Bankfull stage is 18.0 feet. Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 18.7 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late tonight. Flood stage is 18.0 feet. Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 18.6 feet on 04/24/1999. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood