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WGUS44 KOUN 091309
FLWOUN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
809 AM CDT MON JUN 09 2008

OKC053-071-103-100109-
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809 AM CDT MON JUN 09 2008

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
 
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER AT TONKAWA. 

* FROM THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING. 
  
* AT 7:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET.  
  
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
  
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. 
  
* FORECAST...THE SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
  BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 24.4 FEET BY 
  MID TUESDAY MORNING.  THE SALT FORK ARKANSAS RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 
  
* IMPACT...AT 24 FEET...FLOOD DEPTHS RANGING UP TO ABOUT 7 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. FOUNTAIN ROAD AT U.S. HIGHWAY 77 SOUTH OF TONKAWA...AND
  STATE HIGHWAY 156 BETWEEN MARLAND AND PONCA CITY IS CLOSED.
  
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO THE PREVIOUS CREST STAGE OF
  23.3 FEET ON JUNE 30...2007.
  
  PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD ACT NOW TO EVACUATE AND MOVE TO 
  HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ENTER ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT TO 
  CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY HIGH WATER. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER 
  INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES.

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