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FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
152 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
SLATE CREEK AT WELLINGTON AFFECTING COWLEY AND SUMNER 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM CDT.
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152 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SLATE CREEK AT WELLINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS COVER SEVERAL LOW LYING SPOTS
ALONG SENECA ROAD BETWEEN 40TH AND 60TH STREET JUST SOUTHEAST OF
WELLINGTON. WOODS PARK WITHIN THE CITY FLOODS. SLATE CREEK COMES
TO ROADWAY'S EDGE AT MILE MARKER 15 ON THE THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:01 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.5
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
SLATE CREEK
WELLINGTON 19.0 19.0 THU 1 PM CDT 13.5 8.3 6.9
LAT...LON 3747 9764 3718 9712 3708 9719 3735 9771
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