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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
246 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

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

  Deep Red Creek near Randlett affecting Cotton County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive 
cars through flooded areas.

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

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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246 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. 
  This approaches the flood of record.

* WHERE...Deep Red Creek near Randlett.

* WHEN...Until early Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 27.0 feet, Valley-wide flooding of croplands...
   pastures... and local roads occurs and is accompanied by flood 
  depths up to 7 feet with dangerous currents.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 26.3 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 20.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The Deep Red Creek is expected to rise to a crest
    of 27.0 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood
    stage Monday evening.
  - Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    27.2 feet on 04/18/2016.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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