Flood Warning

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

Verdigris River near Lenapah affecting Nowata County.

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

* WHERE...Verdigris River near Lenapah.

* WHEN...Until tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 34.0 feet, serious agricultural flooding occurs between the Kansas border and headwaters of Lake Oologah. State Highway 10 is impassable at a point 5 miles east of Lenapah.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 31.8 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 33.5 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 30.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood