Heavy rains cause flooding

 

October 10, 2018



By Marione Martin

Alva Public Schools sent rural students home early Tuesday afternoon as water continued to rise from several days of heavy rain. Roads were reported flooding in low spots.

The Oklahoma Highway Department reported that Tuesday afternoon that State Highway 11 from US281 east through Capron was closed due to flooding.

The Oklahoma Mesonet shows the follows seven day rainfall totals (in inches) for area towns as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday:

Alva 7.41

Cherokee 6.15

Fairview 5.34

Freedom 8.22

May Ranch

(N Woods Co.) 9.81

Seiling 8.95

Woodward 7.90

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