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Meteorologists believe there's a chance for 'excessive rainfall' on Friday as storms move across Oklahoma and Texas. Severe weather outlook: Flooding possible as 'excessive rainfall' forecast in ...
Oklahoma highways closed due to storm damage, high water The Oklahoma Department of Transportation said early Sunday that five counties have highways affected by storm damage or flooding: Hughes ...
The update adds that 1,891 firefighters and 8,561 army personnel are still deployed on the ground. ... deluge brings fresh flood risk. Malaga streets turn to rivers as floodwaters sweep through ...
Latta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 1,172 as of 2016. [ 3 ] Oklahoma State Highway 1 passes through the community.
Lake Oologah is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma. It is located near the towns of Oologah, Nowata, and Claremore. The lake has a surface of 29,500 acres (119 km 2) of water and 209 miles (336 km) of shoreline with 11 lake-side parks. The water storage capacity is rated as 552,210 acre-feet (681,140,000 m 3). [2]
By January 14, 2014, a television newscast reported that the lake was within a few weeks of running out of water. [6] Record rainfall in May and early June, 2015, turned the water situation around at the lake, causing the water level to rise from 14 feet (4.3 m) below normal to 6 feet (1.8 m) below normal.
An expat living in a town in Malaga has described homes and businesses being “decimated” after the river running through its centre burst its banks after the downpour caused water levels to rise.
Optima Lake was built to be a reservoir in Texas County, Oklahoma.The site is just north of Hardesty and east of Guymon in the Oklahoma Panhandle. [2]The earthen Optima Lake Dam (National ID # OK20510) was completed in 1978 (47 years ago) () by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 120 feet (37 m), and a length at its crest of 16,875 feet (5,144 m). [3]