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This probabilistic forecast is issued by the Arkansas Red-Basin River Forecast Center.
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Forecasts for the Arkansas River near Muskogee are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 34
Moderate Flood Stage: 32
Flood Stage: 28
Action Stage: 27
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 48.20 ft on 05/21/1943
(2) 46.39 ft on 05/26/2019
(3) 46.00 ft on 05/30/2019
(4) 39.60 ft on 10/06/1986
(5) 39.03 ft on 05/26/1957
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 29.61 ft on 05/05/2022 (P)
(2) 28.29 ft on 07/07/2019
(3) 28.05 ft on 07/05/2019
(4) 30.21 ft on 06/27/2019
(5) 33.07 ft on 06/25/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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44 very severe flooding occurs along the Arkansas River from Muskogee to Webbers Falls. Numerous roads are closed near the river. Buildings on the OG&E power plant are flooded. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
41 very severe flooding occurs along the Arkansas River from Muskogee to Webbers Falls. Numerous roads are closed near the river. Buildings on the OG&E power plant are flooded. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
39 very severe flooding occurs along the Arkansas River from Muskogee to Webbers Falls. Several roads are closed near the river. Buildings on the OG&E power plant are flooded. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
37 very severe flooding occurs along the Arkansas River near Muskogee. Buildings on the OG&E power plant are flooded. The flood of October 6, 1986 reached 39.6 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
34 severe flooding occurs along the Arkansas River near Muskogee. Many areas on the grounds of the OG&E power plant are flooded. This will compare with the flood of October 7, 1959 when the stage reached 34.0 feet. This is a dangerous situation.
32 areas on the grounds of the OG&E power plant are flooded. Moderate agricultural flooding occurs.
31 a boating marina north of the OG&E power plant is flooded. Areas on the grounds of the OG&E power plant may be threatened. Some agricultural lands are flooded.
30 a boating marina north of OG&E power plant is flooded. Some agricultural lands are flooded.
29 minor lowland flooding occurs. A boating marina north of the OG&E power plant may be flooded.
28 minor lowland flooding occurs.
27 no flooding occurs but low lying agricultural areas may be threatened. Continue to monitor later forecasts.

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