Flood Warning

...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.

* 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