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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
247 PM CDT Wed May 7 2025

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

  East Cache Creek near Walters affecting Cotton and Comanche
  Counties.

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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247 PM CDT Wed May 7 2025

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

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...East Cache Creek near Walters.

* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, Valley-wide flooding of croplands...
   pastures... and local roads occurs in southern Comanche County
  and Cotton County and is accompanied by flood depths up to 5 feet
  with dangerous currents.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 25.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The East Cache Creek is expected to rise to a
    crest of 26.4 feet this evening. It will then fall below
    flood stage early tomorrow afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 21.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    26.4 feet on 05/10/2015.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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