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WGUS43 KICT 180730
FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
230 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 230 PM CDT.
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230 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SLATE CREEK AT WELLINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.5 FEET, SLATE CREEK FLOODS THE KANSAS TURNPIKE
NEAR MILE MARKER 15 OR FOUR MILES SOUTH OF THE WELLINGTON EXIT.
CLOSING OF I-35 OR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE FROM THE WELLINGTON
INTERCHANGE TO THE KS OK BORDER IS HIGHLY LIKELY AND TRAFFIC TO BE
REROUTED. EXPECT EXTENSIVE CROPLAND AND FIELD FLOODING ALONG THE
CREEK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.0
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
SLATE CREEK
WELLINGTON 19.0 21.9 WED 2 AM CDT 22.1 10.1 5.0
LAT...LON 3747 9764 3718 9712 3708 9719 3735 9771
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