Tetanus boosters are recommended for adults and adolescents every 10 years. However, if a person experiences a wound that could have been contaminated by dirt, flood water, etc., it should be repeated if it has been longer than five years from the last tetanus injection.
Children under the age of 10 years old will need to present to their Primary Care Provider or the local health department to determine their need of vaccine.
For more information please contact the Payne County Health Department in Stillwater at 405-372-8200.
Prepare for more rain
The forecast rainfall we will receive in the next week will range from an additional three to six inches.
Additional rainfall in the coming weeks could exacerbate current flooding conditions and cause more immediate road closures.
Our first priority is to ensure we have flooded or uninspected roads closed for safety. We will update our website, social media and the road closure map as often as we can when time permits.
We encourage you to use good judgment and to watch for street conditions when driving.
Payne County Emergency Manager Jeff Kuhn asks all Payne County residents who had water in their homes as a recent flooding to notify Payne County Emergency Management by calling 405-614-2001 or by registering their damage online at survey123.arcgis.com.
City public safety professionals have helped 34 individuals impacted by the floodwaters since Monday.
Current lake levels
Lake Carl Blackwell is currently two feet over the spillway.
Retention ponds and water sheds are slowly starting to recede, but remain at maximum capacity.
American Red Cross disaster assessments
The American Red Cross will begin to go door to door to begin disaster assessments in locations and areas affected the most by flooding.
Assessing the disaster
Residents who experienced damage to their property or homes during the recent flooding can now fill out disaster assessments to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management at damageok.gov
Information collected here will help local and state authorities understand locations impacted by disaster. Please fill out the survey more than once if you have sustained damage to homes, businesses, or agriculture in the same location.
This survey is not in any form an application for or guarantee of assistance. Contact information will be used to provide information on resources available as well as how to apply for any assistance that may be available.
This report is strictly for reporting damage or loss of personal property.
Updated road closings
Highway
• Payne County
No current closings
• Pawnee County
No Closings
• Noble County
SH 15 CR 140 to CR 165
• Kay County
US 77 south of Tonkawa Salt Fork Bridge to Kay/ Noble Line
SH 156 from US 60 to Kay/ Noble Line
• Osage County
SH11 Skiatook to Avant still closed
Stillwater
• 21st Ave. from Main St. to Husband St..
• 26th Ave. from Washington St. to Walnut St..
• South Ridge Dr from 9th Ave to 11th Ave.
• Sangre Rd from 6th Ave to McElroy Rd.
• Sangre Rd from 6th Ave to 19th Ave.
• 12th Ave from South Ridge Dr to South Willis St.
• 12th Ave from South Adams St to South Jefferson St .
• Western Rd from McElroy Rd to Hall of Fame Ave.
• 9th Ave from Western Rd to Devon St.
• 9th Ave from McFarland St to Ridge Dr.
• 19th Ave from Chester St to Main St.
• 17th Ave from Ranson St to Payne St.
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