Flood Warning for Grant, OK; Kay, OK; Noble, OK
What: Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. Impacts: At 18.0 feet, Flood overflows are about a foot deep over unleveed agricultural lands... oilfields... and rural roads along the river in eastern Grant County... through Kay County......
Official alert brief
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa affecting Noble, Kay and Grant Counties.
WHAT
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
WHERE
Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa.
WHEN
From this afternoon to tomorrow afternoon.
IMPACTS
At 18.0 feet, Flood overflows are about a foot deep over unleveed agricultural lands... oilfields... and rural roads along the river in eastern Grant County... through Kay County... to the confluence with the Arkansas River below Ponca City.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
At 3:30 PM CDT Monday the stage was 17.8 feet. Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet. Forecast...The Salt Fork Arkansas River is expected to rise to a crest of 18.5 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow morning. 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.