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This probabilistic forecast is issued by the Arkansas Red-Basin River Forecast Center.
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Forecasts for the Washita River near Chickasha are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

Vertical datum height estimated from NGVD29 to NAVD88 using the NGS VERTCON conversion program

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 24
Moderate Flood Stage: 22
Flood Stage: 19
Action Stage: 15
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 29.90 ft on 05/10/1993
(2) 27.10 ft on 10/21/1983
(3) 26.30 ft on 06/07/1995
(4) 26.27 ft on 08/21/2007
(5) 25.05 ft on 10/07/1986
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 21.37 ft on 05/28/2015
(2) 20.65 ft on 05/24/2015
(3) 16.00 ft on 05/20/2015
(4) 26.27 ft on 08/21/2007
(5) 19.02 ft on 06/26/2007
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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30 Flood levels up to a depth of 6 feet affect residential areas in north Chickasha. Suburban homes and businesses east of Chickasha are inundated by greater depths. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 13 feet.
29 Flood levels up to a depth of 5 feet affect residential areas in north Chickasha. Suburban homes and businesses east of Chickasha are inundated by greater depths. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 12 feet.
28 Flood levels up to a depth of 4 feet affect residential areas in north Chickasha. Suburban homes and businesses east of Chickasha are inundated by greater depths. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 11 feet.
27 Flood levels up to a depth of 3 feet affect residential areas in north Chickasha. Suburban homes and businesses east of town are inundated by greater depths. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 10 feet.
26 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. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 9 feet.
25 Flood levels up to a foot in depth affect residential areas in north Chickasha. Suburban homes and businesses east of town are inundated by greater depths. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 8 feet.
24 Residential areas in north Chickasha and suburban homes and businesses west of town are inundated by flooding. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 7 feet.
23 Suburban roads east of Chickasha may be under shallow water. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is blocked by high water. Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County... from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 6 feet.
22 Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County... from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler and points downstream. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport may be blocked by overflows.
21 Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County... from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is overtopped when stages rise above 19 feet.
20 Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs in Grady County... from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... ranging up to 3 feet. The county road west of Chickasha Airport is overtopped when stages rise above 19 feet.
19 Flooding of croplands and pastures occurs... extending in Grady County from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler. Overflow depths on agricultural fields vary... averaging up to 2 feet. Deeper flows in side channels could isolate some areas. The county road west of the Chickasha Airport is overtopped at a stage of 19 feet.
18 Low-lying croplands and pastures are covered by shallow floodwaters in Grady County... from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler. Overflows on agricultural fields will average about a foot... but deeper water in side channels could isolate some areas.
17 Low-lying croplands and pastures may be covered by very shallow floodwaters in Grady County...from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler.
16 Near bankfull stages occur along the river in Grady County... from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler.
15 The river remains within its banks in Grady County... from upstream of Chickasha to near Tabler.
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