A whopping 47 flash flood warnings have been issued by National Weather Service offices across Oklahoma since Monday.
Flooding along the Arkansas River in Tulsa on May 22. By Matthew Cappucci May 24 at 11:46 AM If you’ve tuned into an evening newscast lately, odds are you’ve seen dozens of tornadoes that have been spinning up in the Great Plains and Midwest. But there’s an even greater threat terrorizing the middle of the country: life-threatening flooding.
Among them was a dire “flash flood emergency” for Tulsa, hoisted at 11:44 p.m. Monday, as thunderstorms brought life-threatening inundations and a swarm of nocturnal tornadoes. The alert reported “numerous closed roadways, water rescues and homes being evacuated” after more than half a foot of rain came down.
In 12 hours Tuesday, the river rose from 11 feet to 18 feet, and has remained at its current 22 feet since Thursday morning. According to data from the National Weather Service’s River Forecast Center, water levels look to remain at or above major flood stage through at least Tuesday. — Tony Russell May 24, 2019 One of the Arkansas River’s tributaries, the Cimarron River, runs from the Oklahoma Panhandle, near Colorado, to just west of Tulsa. Television cameras were rolling Wednesday as the river swallowed a home, sweeping it downstream in the swiftly raging current.
Webbers Falls, a community of about 600 people north of Interstate 40 in eastern Oklahoma, was forced to evacuate Wednesday evening. In an ominous message on the town’s Facebook page, administrators warned that “if you choose to stay we advise you write your name and personal information on your arm in [permanent] marker.” Fears rose Thursday when a pair of upstream barges broke loose and struck the dam before sinking.
John MacDonald looks out over the swollen Arkansas River from the Memorial Drive pedestrian bridge in Bixby, Okla., on Thursday. At the Oklahoma-Arkansas border, the Arkansas River is forecast to reach a record crest this weekend near Fort Smith, Ark., three feet above the previous record. “Near catastrophic flooding” is expected at these levels, and a disaster has been declared for the region.
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