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Flood Warning — Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK
Flood Warning
Issued
Expires
11:17 PM CDT · Tue, Jun 23 2026
Issuing Office
NWS KOUN

Affected Areas

Grant County, OK Kay County, OK Noble County, OK

Official Bulletin

829
WGUS44 KOUN 230454
FLWOUN

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
1154 PM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Oklahoma...

  Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa affecting Noble, Grant and
  Kay Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

&&

OKC053-071-103-231700-
/O.EXT.KOUN.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260624T0417Z/
/TONO2.2.ER.260622T1907Z.260623T0600Z.260623T2217Z.NO/
1154 PM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa.

* WHEN...Until late tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Flood depths ranging up to about 3 feet
  move from eastern Grant County... across Kay County... to the
  confluence with the Arkansas River below Ponca City. Farmland and
  oilfields are flooded hours before the crest. The intersection of
  Fountain Road and U.S. Highway 77 south of Tonkawa... and State
  Highway 156 between Marland and Ponca City are closed.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 11:30 PM CDT Monday the stage was 19.9 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The Salt Fork Arkansas River is expected to rise
    to a crest of 20.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will
    then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3661 9759 3669 9759 3669 9732 3663 9706
      3655 9706 3662 9738

$$

Mahale