Flood Watch — Wichita + 1 more areaFlood Watch — Wichita + 1 more area
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Flood Watch left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Wichita; Clay. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Oct 16, 2026 · 2:27 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 16, 2026 · 8:00 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 5 hours, 32 minutes
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Wichita; Clay
- Official expiration
- Oct 17, 2026 · 4:30 AM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Affected Texas areas
- Wichita; Clay
- Effective
- 2026-10-16T14:24:00-05:00
- Expires
- 2026-10-17T04:30:00-05:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS Norman OK
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
If you are in the watch area, remain alert to possible flooding.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued late tonight at 430 AM CDT.
This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.Latest official-source information
...The Flood Watch continues for the following rivers in Oklahoma...
Texas...
Red River near Burkburnett affecting Jefferson, Wichita, Clay,
Cotton and Tillman Counties.
* WHAT...Flooding is possible.
* WHERE...Red River near Burkburnett.
* WHEN...From Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 7.0 feet.
- Forecast...Flood stage may be reached late tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
This record is derived from an official public source. Texas Hazard Watch preserves and organizes it but does not replace the issuing authority.