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WGUS63 KICT 271720
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1220 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2025
KSZ048>053-067>072-083-094>096-099-100-280130-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-
GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-
LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF IOLA, HAYSVILLE, MADISON, HOWARD, EUREKA,
STRONG CITY, COTTONWOOD FALLS, MCPHERSON, HUTCHINSON, CHANUTE,
ANDOVER, BEL AIRE, LYONS, HILLSBORO, PARK CITY, LONGTON,
COFFEYVILLE, WICHITA, ELLSWORTH, WILSON, YATES CENTER, HUMBOLDT,
STERLING, ROSE HILL, INDEPENDENCE, PEABODY, GRENOLA, NEWTON,
AUGUSTA, MARION, FREDONIA, PARSONS, SALINA, DERBY, EL DORADO,
MOLINE, VALLEY CENTER, AND NEODESHA
1220 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL KANSAS, CHASE,
ELLSWORTH, MARION, MCPHERSON, RICE AND SALINE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS, BUTLER, HARVEY, RENO AND SEDGWICK. IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS,
ALLEN, ELK, GREENWOOD, LABETTE, MONTGOMERY, NEOSHO, WILSON AND
WOODSON.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A NARROW ZONE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ALONG A SALINA-TO-
CHANUTE LINE. RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE
CURRENTLY BEING FORECAST WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. THOUGH IT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY DRY OVER THE PAST 2
TO 3 WEEKS, THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME
COULD CAUSE AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
CUELLAR/CHRISTO
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