771  
WGUS43 KICT 180153  
FLWICT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS  
853 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
COTTONWOOD RIVER AT COTTONWOOD FALLS AFFECTING CHASE COUNTY.  
 
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 900 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
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853 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...COTTONWOOD RIVER AT COTTONWOOD FALLS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND CROPLAND  
CAN BE EXPECTED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:35 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 9.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI  
 
COTTONWOOD RIVER  
COTTONWOOD FALLS 9.0 5.2 TUE 7 PM CDT 8.5 6.7 5.0  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3839 9677 3848 9649 3832 9642 3824 9667  
 
 
 
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