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WGUS43 KICT 100128  
FLWICT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS  
828 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
COW CREEK NEAR LYONS AFFECTING RENO AND RICE COUNTIES.  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
COW CREEK NEAR HUTCHINSON AFFECTING RENO AND RICE COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR GO AROUND BARRICADES. NEARLY TWO  
FEET OF WATER WILL CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND, DON'T  
DROWN.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 830 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
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828 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...COW CREEK NEAR LYONS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND  
BOTTOM LAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS OCCURS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIGHT  
BANK. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYONS  
MAY TAKE PLACE ON SECTIONS OF 20TH ROAD AND ON 22ND ROAD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.5 FEET AND RISING.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.0  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI  
 
COW CREEK  
LYONS 18.0 17.5 TUE 7 PM CDT 17.3 11.7 6.6  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3850 9836 3828 9805 3820 9816 3842 9847  
 

 
 
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828 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...COW CREEK NEAR HUTCHINSON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, THERE ARE NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES NORTHWEST  
OF HUTCHINSON DUE TO HIGH WATER. LOW WATER CROSSING ON 43RD STREET  
JUST EAST OF PENNINGTON FLOODS. EXPECT ROAD CLOSURE ON 43RD STREET  
BETWEEN PENNINGTON TO HENDRICKS ROADS. ALSO 69TH STREET FLOODS  
BETWEEN WILSON TO PENNINGTON ROADS. THEN 50TH STREET FLOODS  
BETWEEN WILSON AND PENNINGTON ROADS. FLOODING OCCURS ALONG  
PENNINGTON ROAD FROM NICKERSON BLVD TO 50TH AVENUE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:15 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET AND RISING.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 10.5  
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE THURSDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI  
 
COW CREEK  
HUTCHINSON 9.5 10.2 TUE 8 PM CDT 10.5 9.5 6.0  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3827 9805 3806 9777 3796 9786 3820 9816  
 

 
 
CHRISTO  
 
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