Arkansas River Flooding Tulsa

26 - disastrous flooding occurs along the Arkansas River in Tulsa County. Many homes and businesses are flooded. The flooding exceeds the record flood of when the river crested at 25.2 feet.

This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation. The updated Keystone Dam Release Maps are now available. These are the maps being used by emergency personnel for planning purposes.

Levee Maps. The USGS Real-Time Flood Impact Map helps communities stay safe by providing real-time information and visuals about locations in their area that may be experiencing flooding. River Level Tracker Monitor river levels and flood conditions across the U.S.

Interactive NOAA Water Map Explore real-time river levels and flood conditions across the United States using the interactive map below. Toggle different layers to view river gauges, hazards, precipitation estimates, and flood inundation areas. The National Weather Service (NWS) has responsibility for the issuance of river forecasts and flood warnings.

The NWS Tulsa office has hydrologic responsibility for 34 forecast points on streams and rivers covering an area of eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Jeremy Herringtons family nearly lost it all in 2019 when an historic water release from Lake Keystone flooded the Arkansas River. As the river spread across the bank into his Sand Springs neighborhood, water rose behind the west Tulsa levees near his metal forming business on Charles Page Boulevard.

Tulsa city councilor Phil Lakin said that the Arkansas River had changed what happened in the past could not happen again. Ron Flanagan, a nationally recognized floodplain manager, said that was nonsense. The Arkansas River remains high, but is dropping as it passes through Tulsa, with flow rates and enough debris to keep the Tulsa Wave Park and Zink Lake closed for recreation until...

TULSA, Okla. The otherwise slow and steady Arkansas River has some pep in it's step this week. The Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is shown as having high water levels from recent rainfall.