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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
754 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2019
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER 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.
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754 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA, KS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE COW CREEK NEAR HUTCHINSON.
* FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 7:15 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.4 FEET AND STEADY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 10.4 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...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.
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6 AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE
HUTCHINSON 9.5 4.4 SAT 7 AM 5.2 9.6 10.4
LAT...LON 3827 9805 3806 9777 3796 9786 3820 9816
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