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OKLAHOMA · BECKHAM COUNTY

Texola

41 people, 2,150 ft above sea level in Beckham County.

2,150 ftElevation, city center
41People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 45°
Sunny now Dew point 43° · SE 12 mph · high 48°
City of Texola River Interstate 2 miles
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The Texola plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Texola

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Hemphill County Airport (KHHF) · 3:35 PM
Sunny
45° Sunny Feels like 39° · high of 48° near 3 PM
WindSE 12 mphno gusts
Humidity93%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.00 in →steady
Visibility8 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 43° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Today, about 4 PMin about 1 hours · 86% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINOct. 310.65 in · 14 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Beckham County
NWS Norman and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:13 AM5:35 PM ↓
10 h 21 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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CHANCE OF RAIN
86% · 0.73 in Sunday overnight 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 36 to 44°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Showers likely Showers likely
48° 38°
80% rain — SE 15, gusts 25 A
SUN Nov. 15 Showers likely Showers likely
45° 37°
90% rain up to 0.4″ E 10 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
49° 38°
10% rain — S 9 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
55° 44°
0% rain — S 16, gusts 29 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
62° 46°
0% rain — S 14 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
66° 52°
20% rain — SSE 12 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
67° 51°
60% rain up to 0.6″ S 18, gusts 33 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Texola about 5,000 feet above the ground has hardly traveled: three days ago it was within 50 miles of here, drifting in light winds. It came down from about 10,200 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from Texas; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Plains. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Texola stands on

Texola’s center stands about 2,150 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,040 ft to 2,190 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Terrace Deposits (coarse-detrital, fine-detrital), from the Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old.

The section below crosses 5 rock units mapped at the surface.

Texola, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
1,900 ft2,000 ft2,100 ft2,200 ft TEXOLA2,150 ftLow point1,830 ftNorth Fork Red Riverabout 2,000 ftHigh point of the line2,240 ft ← SN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 47×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Terrace Deposits

Coarse-detrital, fine-detrital. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 8 mi of the line.

Blaine Formation

Gypsum, dolostone, shale. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 6 mi of the line.

Dune Sand

Fine-detrital. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Flowerpot Shale

Shale, siltstone. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Alluvium

Fine-detrital. Age: Holocene, less than 12,000 years old. About 3 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Texola’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Texola reaches the Gulf of America by way of Little Turkey Creek, the North Fork Red, the Red River, the Atchafalaya and the Lower Atchafalaya: about 1,280 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Texola≈ 1,280 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF TEXOLA ≈ 1,280 mi to the Gulf of America Little Turkey Creek → North Fork Red → Red River → Atchafalaya → Lower Atchafalaya

Lake on the way: Lake Altus.

960 miles of the trip are on the Red River.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Texola; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Texola on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Amarillo TX · 104 MI 104 miles west Wichita Falls TX · 123 MI 123 miles southeast Oklahoma City OK · 141 MI 141 miles east Norman OK · 150 MI 150 miles east
FORECASTCITY
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OKLAHOMA · BECKHAM

Texola

41 people, 2,150 ft above sea level in Beckham County.

2,150 ftElevation
41People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 45°
SunnyDew point 43°
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Today in Texola

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now overcast 48° 0%
6p rain 45° 70%
9p rain 43° 51%
12a rain 42° 70%
3a rain 41° 81%
6a rain 40° 75%
Rain
NEXT RAINToday about 4 PM · 86%
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Sat80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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48
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Sun90%
Showers likely Showers likely
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45
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Mon10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Tue0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Wed0%
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Thu20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Fri60%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Texola stands on

Texola’s center stands about 2,150 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,040 ft to 2,190 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country.

Texola, south to north Texola2,150 ftNorth Fork Red Riverabout 2,000 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 90×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center2,150 ft
Within 3 miles2,040 to 2,190 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (150 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceTerrace Deposits
Its agePleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,280 mito the Gulf of AmericaLittle Turkey Creek → North Fork Red → Red River → Atchafalaya → Lower Atchafalaya

A raindrop that lands in Texola reaches the Gulf of America by way of Little Turkey Creek, the North Fork Red, the Red River, the Atchafalaya and the Lower Atchafalaya: about 1,280 river miles.

Lake on the way: Lake Altus.

960 miles of the trip are on the Red River.