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WGUS43 KICT 180750
FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
250 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
WALNUT RIVER AT ARKANSAS CITY AFFECTING COWLEY 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 300 PM CDT.
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250 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WALNUT RIVER AT ARKANSAS CITY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF FARMLAND CAN BE
EXPECTED. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE FLOODING UPSTREAM ALONG THE WEST
BANK OF THE WALNUT RIVER. ON THE EAST BANK, THE GROUND SLOPES
UPWARD SO THAT ONLY ABOUT A 300 FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND WOULD BE
AFFECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 18.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
WALNUT RIVER
ARKANSAS CITY 18.0 16.1 WED 2 AM CDT 18.5 17.3 14.1
LAT...LON 3713 9687 3707 9692 3700 9684 3700 9704
3713 9705
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