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Washita River near Pauls Valley Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 6.52 ft at 10:00PM Feb 18, 2020Highest Observation: 6.53 ft at 10:30PM Feb 18, 2020Observed: 6.52 ft at 11:00PM Feb 18, 2020Observed: 6.5 ft at 11:30PM Feb 18, 2020Observed: 6.5 ft at 12:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.51 ft at 12:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.5 ft at 1:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.48 ft at 1:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.48 ft at 2:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.48 ft at 2:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.5 ft at 3:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.47 ft at 3:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.48 ft at 4:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.48 ft at 4:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.47 ft at 5:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 5:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 6:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 6:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 7:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.42 ft at 7:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 8:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 8:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 9:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.48 ft at 9:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.48 ft at 10:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 10:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.47 ft at 11:00AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 11:30AM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 12:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 12:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 1:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 1:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 2:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 2:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 3:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 3:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 4:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 4:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 5:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.45 ft at 5:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 6:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.42 ft at 6:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 7:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 7:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 8:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 8:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.46 ft at 9:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 9:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 10:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.44 ft at 10:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 11:00PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 11:30PM Feb 19, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 12:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 12:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.42 ft at 1:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 1:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 2:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 2:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 3:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 3:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.43 ft at 4:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.42 ft at 4:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.41 ft at 5:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.41 ft at 5:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.42 ft at 6:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.4 ft at 6:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.4 ft at 7:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.39 ft at 7:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.38 ft at 8:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.4 ft at 8:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.39 ft at 9:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.39 ft at 9:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.41 ft at 10:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.4 ft at 10:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.4 ft at 11:00AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.39 ft at 11:30AM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.36 ft at 12:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.36 ft at 12:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.36 ft at 1:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.36 ft at 1:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.34 ft at 2:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.35 ft at 2:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.34 ft at 3:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.34 ft at 3:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.34 ft at 4:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.35 ft at 4:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.3 ft at 5:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.33 ft at 5:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.31 ft at 6:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.31 ft at 6:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.28 ft at 7:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.29 ft at 7:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.29 ft at 8:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.28 ft at 8:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.27 ft at 9:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.26 ft at 9:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.24 ft at 10:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.22 ft at 10:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.25 ft at 11:00PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.21 ft at 11:30PM Feb 20, 2020Observed: 6.19 ft at 12:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.19 ft at 12:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.19 ft at 1:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.17 ft at 1:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.19 ft at 2:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.19 ft at 2:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.18 ft at 3:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.16 ft at 3:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.16 ft at 4:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.14 ft at 4:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.13 ft at 5:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.13 ft at 5:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.11 ft at 6:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.11 ft at 6:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.09 ft at 7:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.07 ft at 7:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.07 ft at 8:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.06 ft at 8:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.05 ft at 9:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.03 ft at 9:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.05 ft at 10:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.01 ft at 10:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.05 ft at 11:00AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.05 ft at 11:30AM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.06 ft at 12:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.04 ft at 12:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.05 ft at 1:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.01 ft at 1:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.03 ft at 2:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6.02 ft at 2:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6 ft at 3:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6 ft at 3:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6 ft at 4:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 6 ft at 4:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.97 ft at 5:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.97 ft at 5:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.96 ft at 6:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.96 ft at 6:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.95 ft at 7:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.94 ft at 7:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.93 ft at 8:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.92 ft at 8:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.94 ft at 9:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.91 ft at 9:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.92 ft at 10:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.91 ft at 10:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.92 ft at 11:00PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.9 ft at 11:30PM Feb 21, 2020Observed: 5.9 ft at 12:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.91 ft at 12:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.89 ft at 1:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.9 ft at 1:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.89 ft at 2:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.89 ft at 2:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.89 ft at 3:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.87 ft at 3:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.89 ft at 4:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.87 ft at 4:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.85 ft at 5:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.87 ft at 5:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.86 ft at 6:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.88 ft at 6:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.88 ft at 7:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.85 ft at 7:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 8:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.85 ft at 8:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 9:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.86 ft at 9:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 10:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 10:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.85 ft at 11:00AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.85 ft at 11:30AM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.86 ft at 12:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 12:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.85 ft at 1:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.86 ft at 1:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.83 ft at 2:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 2:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 3:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.85 ft at 3:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.83 ft at 4:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.82 ft at 4:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.84 ft at 5:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.83 ft at 5:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.83 ft at 6:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.83 ft at 6:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.81 ft at 7:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.82 ft at 7:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.81 ft at 8:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.83 ft at 8:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 9:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.81 ft at 9:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 10:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.81 ft at 10:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 11:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 11:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 12:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 12:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 1:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 1:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 2:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 2:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 3:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.76 ft at 3:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 4:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 4:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.77 ft at 5:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 5:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 6:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 6:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 7:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 7:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 8:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 8:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 9:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 9:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 10:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 10:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 11:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 11:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 12:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 12:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 1:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.77 ft at 1:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 2:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 2:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 3:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 3:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 4:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.77 ft at 4:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 5:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 5:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 6:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.8 ft at 6:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.77 ft at 7:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 7:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.78 ft at 8:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 5.79 ft at 8:30PM Feb 23, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00AM Feb 24, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00AM Feb 24, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00PM Feb 24, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00PM Feb 24, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00AM Feb 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00AM Feb 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00PM Feb 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00PM Feb 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00AM Feb 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00AM Feb 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00PM Feb 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00PM Feb 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00AM Feb 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00AM Feb 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 12:00PM Feb 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 5.7 ft 6:00PM Feb 27, 2020Forecast: 5.6 ft 12:00AM Feb 28, 2020Forecast: 5.6 ft 6:00AM Feb 28, 2020USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesPLVO2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (9:31PM Feb 23, 2020)ObservedForecast (issued 7:54AM Feb 23)Latest observed value: 5.79 ft at 8:30 PM CST 23-Feb-2020. Flood Stage is 29 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Washita River near Pauls Valley are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 32
Moderate Flood Stage: 31
Flood Stage: 29
Action Stage: 27
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 34.88 ft on 05/11/1950
(2) 34.70 ft on 10/01/1945
(3) 34.15 ft on 10/31/1941
(4) 34.15 ft on 10/31/1941
(5) 33.72 ft on 05/29/1987
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 17.98 ft on 06/01/2019
(2) 13.19 ft on 05/03/2018
(3) 14.83 ft on 05/20/2017
(4) 24.77 ft on 06/12/2016
(5) 26.63 ft on 05/26/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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37 The city of Pauls Valley suffers inundation of about 90 percent... about a thousand acres... in its central business and residential areas... some accessible only by boat. U.S. Highway 77 northwest of town is closed. more than thirteen thousand acres in Garvin County are affected by varied depths up to 8 feet. Flooding of rural lands near Maysville... in western Garvin County... begins hours before the crest reaches Pauls Valley.
36 The city of Pauls Valley suffers inundation of about 90 percent... about a thousand acres... in its central business and residential areas... some accessible only by boat. U.S. Highway 77 northwest of town is closed. About thirteen thousand acres in Garvin County upstream from Pauls Valley are affected by varied depths up to 7 feet. Flooding of rural lands near Maysville in western Garvin County... begins hours before the crest reaches Pauls Valley.
35 The city of Pauls Valley suffers inundation of about 90 percent... About a thousand acres... in its central business and residential areas... some accessible only by boat. U.S. Highway 77 northwest of town is closed. About thirteen thousand acres in Garvin County upstream from Pauls Valley are affected by varied depths up to 6 feet. Flooding of rural lands near Maysville in western Garvin County... begins hours before the crest reaches Pauls Valley.
34 The city of Pauls Valley suffers inundation of about 90 percent... About a thousand acres... in its central business and residential areas... some accessible only by boat. Upstream from Pauls Valley in Garvin County... more than twelve thousand acres of rural lands are affected by varied depths up to 5 feet. Flooding of rural lands near Maysville in western Garvin County... begins hours before the crest reaches Pauls Valley.
33 The city of Pauls Valley suffers inundation of the majority in its central business and residential areas. some accessible only by boat. Upstream from Pauls Valley in Garvin County... about eleven thousand acres of farmlands are affected by varied depths up to 4 feet. Flooding of rural lands near Maysville in western Garvin County... begins hours before the crest reaches Pauls Valley.
32 In Pauls Valley... expect wide spread flooding in the old central business and residential districts. many buildings not flooded are isolated by water in the streets. About ten thousand acres of agricultural lands in Garvin County upstream from Pauls Valley are affected by varied depths up to 3 feet. Rural flooding near Maysville in western Garvin County begins several hours before Pauls Valley. No other towns are threatened by the main river.
31 In Pauls Valley... shallow flooding occurs across much of the old central business district. many buildings not flooded may be cut off by water in streets. Upstream from Pauls Valley in Garvin County... more than eight thousand acres are affected by varied depths depths two or more feet. Flooding of rural lands near Maysville... in western Garvin County... begins hours before Pauls Valley.
30 In Pauls Valley... portions of the central residential district may be isolated by water in streets. in Garvin County... farmlands... rural roads... and oilfields may see varied depths averaging about a foot. Locations not actually flooded may be inaccesible for a day or more. Overflows commence in western portions of the county several hours before Pauls Valley. Maysville and other towns are not threatened by the main river.
29 In Garvin County... agricultural lands... rural roads... and oilfields may see varied flood depths up to 2 feet. locations not actually flooded may be cut off from access for a day or more. Flooding commences in western portions of Garvin County several hours before Pauls Valley. Maysville and other towns are not threatened by the main river.
28 Expect near bankfull flows along the valley in Garvin County except at locations where tributary streams may be flooding as they empty into the river.
27 Expect near bankfull or lower flows along the valley in Garvin County except at locations where tributary streams may be flooding as they empty into the river.
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Latitude: 34.754722° N, Longitude: 97.251111° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 29 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 849.61 878.61 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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