Flood Warning issued October 17 at 2:43AM CDT until October 20 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Norman OK

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...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Oklahoma... Canadian River at Norman affecting McClain and Cleveland Counties. For the Upper Canadian River...including Taloga, Bridgeport, Mustang, Norman, Purcell, Calvin...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record. * WHERE...Canadian River at Norman. * WHEN...From this evening to late Monday night. * IMPACTS...At 98.0 feet, Flooding to depths of 4 feet occurs over areas along and near the river on the Cleveland-McClain County border from near Moore and Norman... to areas near Noble. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 2:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 91.6 feet. - Bankfull stage is 94.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 98.0 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Monday evening. - Flood stage is 94.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 98.2 feet on 05/07/2015. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 245 PM CDT.

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NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
Location
OK, US
Severity
Severe
area
Cleveland, OK; McClain, OK
event
Flood Warning
onset
2026-10-17T19:32:00-05:00
states
["OK"]
urgency
Immediate
certainty
Observed
effective
2026-10-17T02:43:00-05:00
message id
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a5321666439221d72ee38fc6800196f16f110e55.001.1
references
["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1df15857c931a1ca64d1a924ce4431c3f1a41989.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3c9e2b32b1c63fd484573f62490e993cc426a9b7.001.1"]
instruction
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 245 PM CDT.
message type
Update
freshness minutes
60
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