Kay County
River Flood Warning from WED 7:00 PM CDT until FRI 11:00 AM CDT
Issued June, 18 2025 at 8:13 AM - US/Central expires June, 20 2025 at 11:00 AM - US/Central
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Salt Fork Arkansas River at Tonkawa.
* WHEN...From this evening to late Friday morning.
* 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 7:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 14.0 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet.
- Forecast...The Salt Fork Arkansas River is expected to rise
above flood stage this evening to a crest of 19.9 feet
tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage early
Friday morning.
- Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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