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Red River near Terral Observed crest: 6.62 ft at 5:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 4:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 5:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 5:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 6:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 6:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 7:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 7:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 8:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.59 ft at 8:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.59 ft at 9:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.58 ft at 9:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.58 ft at 10:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 10:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 11:00am Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 11:30am Nov 19 Observed: 6.59 ft at 12:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 12:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 1:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.58 ft at 1:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.58 ft at 2:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.58 ft at 2:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.57 ft at 3:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.57 ft at 3:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.58 ft at 4:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 5:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 5:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 6:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 6:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.6 ft at 7:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 7:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 8:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 8:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 9:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 9:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 10:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 10:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.61 ft at 11:00pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.62 ft at 11:30pm Nov 19 Observed: 6.58 ft at 12:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 12:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 1:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 1:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 2:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.61 ft at 2:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.61 ft at 3:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 3:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 4:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 4:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 5:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 5:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 6:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 6:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 7:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 7:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 8:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 8:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.57 ft at 9:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 9:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 10:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 10:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 11:00am Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 11:30am Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 12:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 12:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 1:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 1:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 2:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 2:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 3:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 3:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.56 ft at 5:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.56 ft at 5:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.56 ft at 6:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.56 ft at 6:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.57 ft at 7:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.57 ft at 7:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.58 ft at 8:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 8:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 9:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 9:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 10:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.6 ft at 10:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 11:00pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 11:30pm Nov 20 Observed: 6.59 ft at 12:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 12:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 1:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 1:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 2:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 2:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 3:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 3:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 4:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 5:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 5:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 6:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 6:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 7:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 7:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.59 ft at 8:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 8:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 9:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 9:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 10:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 10:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 11:00am Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 11:30am Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 12:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 12:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 1:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 1:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 2:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 2:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.55 ft at 3:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 3:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 4:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 4:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 5:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 5:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 6:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 6:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.56 ft at 7:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.57 ft at 7:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 8:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 8:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 9:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 9:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 10:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 10:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 11:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 11:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 6.58 ft at 12:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 12:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 1:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 1:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 2:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 2:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 3:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 3:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 5:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 5:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 6:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 6:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 7:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 7:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 8:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 8:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 9:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.57 ft at 9:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.58 ft at 10:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 10:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 11:00am Nov 22 Observed: 6.54 ft at 11:30am Nov 22 Observed: 6.53 ft at 12:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.52 ft at 12:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.52 ft at 1:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 1:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.54 ft at 2:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 2:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 3:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 3:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 4:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.54 ft at 4:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.53 ft at 5:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 5:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 6:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.54 ft at 6:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.54 ft at 7:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 7:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 8:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.54 ft at 8:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 9:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 9:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 10:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 10:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 11:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.55 ft at 11:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 6.56 ft at 12:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 12:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.55 ft at 1:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.55 ft at 1:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 2:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 2:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 3:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 3:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 4:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 5:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 5:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 6:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 6:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 7:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 7:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 8:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 8:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.57 ft at 9:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 9:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 10:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 10:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 11:00am Nov 23 Observed: 6.54 ft at 11:30am Nov 23 Observed: 6.54 ft at 12:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.55 ft at 12:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.55 ft at 1:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.53 ft at 1:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.53 ft at 2:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.51 ft at 2:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.52 ft at 3:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.5 ft at 3:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.5 ft at 4:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.54 ft at 4:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.51 ft at 5:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.52 ft at 5:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 6:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.55 ft at 6:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.54 ft at 7:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 7:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.55 ft at 8:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.48 ft at 8:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.49 ft at 9:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.52 ft at 9:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.55 ft at 10:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.56 ft at 10:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.53 ft at 11:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.53 ft at 11:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 6.53 ft at 12:00am Nov 24 Observed: 6.53 ft at 12:30am Nov 24 Observed: 6.53 ft at 1:00am Nov 24 Observed: 6.54 ft at 1:30am Nov 24 Observed: 6.55 ft at 2:00am Nov 24 Observed: 6.55 ft at 2:30am Nov 24 Observed: 6.55 ft at 3:00am Nov 24 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00pm Nov 23 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00pm Nov 23 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00am Nov 24 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00am Nov 24 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00pm Nov 24 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00pm Nov 24 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00am Nov 25 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00am Nov 25 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00pm Nov 25 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00pm Nov 25 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00am Nov 26 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00am Nov 26 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00pm Nov 26 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00pm Nov 26 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00am Nov 27 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00am Nov 27 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00pm Nov 27 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00pm Nov 27 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 12:00am Nov 28 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 6:00am Nov 28 Graph Created (3:53am Nov 24, 2009) Observed Forecast (issued 8:41am Nov 23)  USGS--Water Resources of the United States TRLO2 (plotting HGIRG)   Gage 0  Datum: 770.31 Latest observed value: 6.55 ft at 3:00 AM CST 24-Nov-2009. Flood Stage is 22.0 ft.   Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Red River near Terral are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:28
Moderate Flood Stage:25
Flood Stage:22
Action Stage:20

Historical Crests
(1) 33.60 ft on 10/22/1983
(2) 32.65 ft on 05/30/1987
(3) 30.56 ft on 06/07/1995
(4) 28.78 ft on 06/11/1995
(5) 28.12 ft on 06/08/1941
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34.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves... oil fields and storage tanks... and rural roads are affected. Rural homes are flooded or isolated. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the stages rise above 23 feet. Areas at the edge of the valley may be isolated by high water in side channels. The crest on the Red River near Charlie Texas occurs several hours before it reaches the Terral Oklahoma area... with the crest occurring in the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
33.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves... oil fields and storage tanks... and rural roads are affected. Rural homes are flooded or isolated. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the stages rise above 23 feet. Areas at the edge of the valley may be isolated by high water in side channels. The crest on the Red River near Charlie Texas occurs several hours before it reaches the Terral Oklahoma area... with the crest occurring in the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
32.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves... oil fields and storage tanks... and rural roads are affected. Rural homes are flooded or isolated. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the stages rise above 23 feet. Areas at the edge of the valley may be isolated by high water in side channels. The crest on the Red River near Charlie Texas occurs several hours before it reaches the Terral Oklahoma area... with the crest occurring in the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
31.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves... oil fields and storage tanks... and rural roads are affected. Rural homes are flooded or isolated. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the stages rise above 23 feet. Areas at the edge of the valley may be isolated by high water in side channels. The crest on the Red River near Charlie Texas occurs several hours before it reaches the Terral Oklahoma area... with the crest occurring in the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
30.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves... oil fields and storage tanks... and rural roads are affected. Rural homes are flooded or isolated. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the stages rise above 23 feet. Areas at the edge of the valley may be isolated by high water in side channels. The crest on the Red River near Charlie Texas occurs several hours before it reaches the Terral Oklahoma area... with the crest occurring in the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
29.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves... oil fields and storage tanks... and rural roads are affected. Rural homes are flooded or isolated. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the stages rise above 23 feet. Areas at the edge of the valley may be isolated by high water in side channels. The crest on the Red River near Charlie Texas occurs several hours before it reaches the Terral Oklahoma area... with the crest occurring in the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
28.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves... oil fields and storage tanks... and rural roads are affected. Rural homes are flooded or isolated. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the stages rise above 23 feet. Areas at the edge of the valley may be isolated by high water in side channels. The crest on the Red River near Charlie Texas occurs several hours before it reaches the Terral Oklahoma area... with the crest occurring in the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
27.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves and rural roads are affected. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the river stages rise above 23 feet. Though not flooded... some areas at the edge of the flood plain may be isolated by high water in side channels. Bottomlands near Charlie Texas begin to flood several hours before the crest reaches Terral Oklahoma... with flooding reaching the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
26.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves and rural roads are affected. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the river stages rise above 23 feet. Though not flooded... some areas at the edge of the flood plain may be isolated by high water in side channels. Bottomlands near Charlie Texas begin to flood several hours before the crest reaches Terral Oklahoma... with flooding reaching the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
25.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves and rural roads are affected. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the river stages rise above 23 feet. Though not flooded... some areas at the edge of the flood plain may be isolated by high water in side channels. Bottomlands near Charlie Texas begin to flood several hours before the crest reaches Terral Oklahoma... with flooding reaching the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
24.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves and rural roads are affected. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the river stages rise above 23 feet. Though not flooded... some areas at the edge of the flood plain may be isolated by high water in side channels. Bottomlands near Charlie Texas begin to flood several hours before the crest reaches Terral Oklahoma... with flooding reaching the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
23.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves and rural roads are affected. Agricultural levees begin to overtop when the river stages rise above 23 feet. Though not flooded... some areas at the edge of the flood plain may be isolated by high water in side channels. Bottomlands near Charlie Texas begin to flood several hours before the crest reaches Terral Oklahoma... with flooding reaching the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.
22.0 Crop and range lands... pecan groves and rural roads are affected. Weak points in agricultural levees may be overtopped. Though not flooded... some low-lying areas near the river may be isolated by high water in side channels. Bottomlands near Charlie Texas begin to flood several hours before the crest approaches the Terral Oklahoma area. The flood crest reaches the Illinois bend area near Leon Oklahoma several hours later.

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Latitude: 33.879000° N, Longitude: 97.934000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 22 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)
Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)
Elevation information source
NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 770.31 ft 792.31 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

Other Data Sources:
Corps of Engineers (COE) Info for Terral
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Terral

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