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WGUS43 KICT 030159
FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
859 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
NEOSHO RIVER AT OSWEGO AFFECTING CHEROKEE AND LABETTE 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING AT 900 AM CDT.
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859 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEOSHO RIVER AT OSWEGO.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, THE LEFT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW AND
FLOODS AGRICULTURAL FIELDS. ALSO, THE DIRT COUNTY ROAD, 13000
ROAD, ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER BANK STARTS TO FLOOD AT
1.5 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF GAGE SITE WHERE THE BRIDGE CROSSES
LIGHTNING CREEK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 17.4 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
NEOSHO RIVER
OSWEGO 17.0 15.5 THU 8 PM CDT 14.6 9.6 8.3
LAT...LON 3727 9507 3700 9500 3700 9511 3726 9518
KAUFMAN
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