Flood Warning for Grant, OK; Kay, OK; Noble, OK
What: Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. Impacts: At 19.0 feet, Flood depths ranging up to about 2 feet move from eastern Grant County... across Kay County... to the confluence with the Arkansas River below Ponca City. Farmland and...
Official alert brief
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa affecting Noble, Grant and Kay Counties.
WHAT
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
WHERE
Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa.
WHEN
Until late tomorrow evening.
IMPACTS
At 19.0 feet, Flood depths ranging up to about 2 feet move from eastern Grant County... across Kay County... to the confluence with the Arkansas River below Ponca City. Farmland and oilfields are flooded hours before the crest.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
At 7:30 PM CDT Monday the stage was 19.1 feet. Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet. Forecast...The Salt Fork Arkansas River is expected to rise to a crest of 19.5 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon. Flood stage is 17.0 feet. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.