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The Keystone Dam water release was its second largest on record and contributed to the Arkansas River reaching major flood stage in Tulsa during the afternoon of May 23. [ 5 ] : 25 Tulsa city officials recommended that people living west of Downtown Tulsa evacuate in acknowledgement of the old age of the levees protecting the city from the ...
On the morning of May 23, the Keystone flood gates continued to be lifted as the Flood Pool reached 100% capacity, increasing the flow to 221,000 cfs with plans to raise that to 250,000 cfs by noon. The National Weather Service in Tulsa increased the forecast level of the Arkansas River from 21 feet to 23 feet, putting the river in major flood ...
Extremely heavy rains hit the Arkansas River upstream of Keystone Dam during late May and early June 2019. So much water poured into the Keystone Reservoir in a short time that it quickly became evident that a major release of water would be needed to prevent overtopping the dam, causing devastating floods downstream.
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The National Weather Service's office in Shreveport, Louisiana, issued a flash flood emergency for the cities of Stamps and Buckner, as well as the "extreme northeast" parts of Lafayette County ...
4:30 p.m. (CDT) Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has issued disaster declarations for five counties hit hard by recent storms and flooding. Hutchinson toured flooded parts of the state on Friday. On ...
Keystone Lake is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas and Cimarron rivers. It is located upstream about 23 miles (37 km) from Tulsa. [2] It was created in 1968 when the Keystone Dam was completed. [3] The primary purposes are: flood control, hydroelectric power generation, wildlife management and recreation. [4]
Emergency responders assisted people impacted by flash flooding in El Dorado, Arkansas, on Sunday, July 3, video shows.The National Weather Service recorded up to ten inches of rain in the region ...