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EXPIRED5/3/2024 8:32:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
5/3/2024 8:32:00 AM until 5/3/2024 7:45:00 PM
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 evening at 745 PM CDT.
Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in
duration for the following rivers in Oklahoma...
East Cache Creek near Walters affecting Cotton and Comanche
Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...East Cache Creek near Walters.
* WHEN...Until this evening.
* IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Shallow flooding occurs over croplands...
pastures... and low-lying local roads along and near the creek in
southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:30 AM CDT Friday the stage was 21.5 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
- Forecast...The East Cache Creek cresting and is expected to
fall below flood stage this afternoon and continue falling.
- Flood stage is 21.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood