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FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
812 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 WINFIELD AFFECTING BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES.
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR 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 EVENING AT 815 PM CDT.
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812 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WALNUT RIVER AT WINFIELD.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS FLOW OVER COUNTY ROAD COWLEY
2 WEST OF THE CITY OF ROCK. THEN 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINFIELD,
COWLEY COUNTY ROAD 18 FLOODS OVER A SECTION JUST WEST OF 71ST ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:46 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 19.9 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
WALNUT RIVER
WINFIELD 18.0 16.7 WED 7 AM CDT 19.8 17.8 9.5
LAT...LON 3745 9696 3731 9697 3713 9687 3713 9703
3727 9709 3745 9709
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812 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SLATE CREEK AT WELLINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* 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 7:46 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.9
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
SLATE CREEK
WELLINGTON 19.0 23.8 WED 7 AM CDT 18.2 7.2 4.9
LAT...LON 3747 9764 3718 9712 3708 9719 3735 9771
DAVIS
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