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Washita River near Carnegie

Critical Stages
23' - Action
25' - Flood
27' - Moderate
29' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 6:09 PM LMT 12/31/00

Status: Obs Not Current

Stage: -999 ft

Flow: -999 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

Observation history not available.

Hydrograph for Washita River near Carnegie
33' - Look for near-total flood plain coverage along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Some farm levees are overtopped several hours before the time of crest near Carnegie. More than sixty-five hundred acres of farm lands are covered by flood depths to about 8 feet... and will be the highest water levels since flood control began at Foss Dam. Local highways are blocked... isolating rural communities and many farmsteads.
32' - Look for near-total flood plain coverage along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Some farm levees are overtopped several hours before the time of crest near Carnegie. Nearly sixty-five hundred acres of farm lands are covered by flood depths to about 7 feet... and will be the highest water levels since flood control began at Foss Dam. Local highways are blocked... isolating rural communities and many farmsteads.
31' - Look for near-total flood plain coverage along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Some farm levees are overtopped several hours before the time of crest near Carnegie. About six thousand acres of farm lands are covered by flood depths to about 6 feet... and will be the highest water levels since flood control began at Foss Dam. Local highways are blocked... isolating rural communities and many farmsteads.
30' - Look for wide flood plain coverage along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Some farm levees are overtopped hours before the time of crest near Carnegie. More than five thousand acres of farm lands are covered by flood depths to about 5 feet... and will be the highest water levels observed since flood control began at Foss Dam. local highways may be blocked... isolating some rural communities and many farmsteads.
29' - Look for wide flood plain coverage along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Some farm levees are overtopped hours before the time of crest near Carnegie. More than four thousand acres of farm land are coveredby flood depths to about 4 feet. Local highways may be blocked... isolating some rural communities and many farmsteads.
28' - Look for wide flooding along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Some farm levees are overtopped hours before the time of crest near Carnegie. About four thousand acres of farm land are covered by flood depths up to about 3 feet. Local highways may be blocked... isolating a few rural communities and farmsteads.
27' - Look for flooding of croplands and pastures along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Some farm levees are overtopped hours before the time of crest near Carnegie. More than three thousand acres of farm land are covered by flood depths up to about 2 feet. Local roads may be overtopped... isolating a few farmsteads.
26' - Flooding will cover nearly fifteen hundred acres of non-leveed farm lands along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Overflow depths average about a foot or more. Weaker portions of local levees may be breached. High water in cutoff channels and tributary streams will isolate some low-lying areas for several hours.
25' - Shallow flooding will reach about a thousand acres of non-leveed farm lands along the Washita River valley in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. Weaker portions of local levees may be overtopped. Deeper water in cutoff channels and tributary streams will isolate some low-lying fields for a few hours.
24' - Near bankfull conditions occur along the Washita River in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. High water in cutoff channels and tributary streams could isolate some low-lying fields for a few hours.
23' - Near bankfull conditions occur along the Washita River in eastern Washita and western Caddo counties. High water in cutoff channels and tributary streams could isolate some low-lying fields for a few hours.
DateStage (ft)
Oct 20, 1983 31.7
Jun 5, 1995 31.5
May 18, 1949 31.21
May 10, 1993 31.14
Aug 19, 2007 30.81
May 18, 1951 30.5
May 27, 2019 29.87
May 25, 2015 29.61
Oct 5, 1986 29.57
May 29, 1987 29.23
Oct 5, 1955 29.04
Sep 30, 1986 28.61
Sep 22, 1965 28.47
May 22, 1977 27.77
Jun 14, 1944 27.74
Jun 14, 1989 27.51
Oct 23, 1986 27.51
May 21, 1982 27.45
Jun 4, 1949 27.31
May 17, 1947 27.2

Data provided by the National Weather Service.