The NWS has issued a Flood statement for the Salt Fork River
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
221 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
The Flood Warning continues for the Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa.
* until late Saturday night...or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 1:30 PM Wednesday the stage was 26.5 feet.
* Major flooding is occurring and Major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
* Forecast...The Salt Fork Arkansas River will continue rising and
crest near 26.7 feet Wednesday evening. The Salt Fork Arkansas
River will fall below flood stage Saturday evening.
* Impact...At 27.0 feet...Flood depths ranging up to about 10 feet as it moves 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. Road closures include...Interstate Highway I-35 in the vicinity of the river...Fountain Road at U.S. Highway 77 south of Tonkawa...and State Highway 156 between Marland and Ranch Drive.
Instructions:
Stay up on all warnings and watches
Address/Location
Ranch Drive Fire Department
3454 South Ranch Drive
Ponca City, OK 74601
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 580-762-7785
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Unknown - Urgency not known
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- NWS Rebroadcast