Flooding on the
Washita River

The Washita River had four different gages exceed flood stage as a result of the heavy rainfall August 18-19. Some of the gages went into major flood stage. The Washita River at Anadarko has not had a crest as high as the one on August 20th in the past half-century. The "impact descriptions" provided were taken from the AHPS website and describe theoretical conditions at a certain river stage at a given location.

Clinton

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19  100AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/19  130AM
  CRESTED:  21.66 FT  08/19  700AM
  MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 21 FEET...APPROXIMATELY 5 THOUSAND ACRES OF RURAL 
                      LANDS ARE COVERED BY DEPTHS UP TO 3 FEET... FROM AREAS 
                      NEAR THE MOUTH OF BARNITZ CREEK...TO NEAR CLINTON IN 
                      CUSTER COUNTY...AND DOWNSTREAM INTO WASHITA COUNTY. SOME 
                      FARMSTEADS ARE FLOODED AND OTHERS ISOLATED BY WATER OVER 
                      LOCAL ROADS. LOW FARM LEVEES MAY BE OVERTOPPED.

Carnegie

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19  200AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/19  230AM
  CRESTED:  30.81 FT  08/19 1200PM
  MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 30 FEET...LOOK FOR WIDE FLOOD PLAIN COVERAGE ALONG THE 
                      WASHITA RIVER VALLEY IN EASTERN WASHITA AND WESTERN CADDO 
                      COUNTIES. MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND ACRES OF FARM LANDS ARE 
                      COVERED BY FLOOD DEPTHS TO ABOUT 5 FEET. LOCAL HIGHWAYS MAY 
                      BE BLOCKED...ISOLATING SOME RURAL COMMUNITIES AND MANY 
                      FARMSTEADS.

Anadarko

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19  430AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/19  600AM
  CRESTED:  26.02 FT  08/20  830PM
  MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 26 FEET...AREAS IN AND NEAR THE ANADARKO CITY PARK ARE 
                      FLOODED. FARM LEVEES ARE OVERTOPPED...AND PROPERTY SEVERELY 
                      DAMAGED. RURAL ROADS IN CADDO AND WESTERN GRADY COUNTIES 
                      ARE CLOSED.     

  NOTES:              THE CREST OF 26.02 FEET IS THE THIRD HIGHEST ALL TIME 
                      AT ANADARKO. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CREST THIS HIGH SINCE
                      MAY 27 1949...OR IN THE LAST 58 YEARS.

Chickasha

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19 1015AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/20  115AM
  CRESTED:  26.27 FT  08/21  800AM
  MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 26 FEET...FLOOD LEVELS UP TO A DEPTH OF 2 FEET AFFECT 
                      RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN NORTH CHICKASHA. SUBURBAN HOMES AND 
                      BUSINESSES EAST OF TOWN ARE INUNDATED BY GREATER DEPTHS. 
                      OVERFLOW DEPTHS ON AGRICULTURAL FIELDS VARY...RANGING UP 
                      TO 9 FEET.      

  NOTES:              THE CREST OF 26.27 FEET IS THE FOURTH HIGHEST ALL TIME 
                      AT CHICKASHA.