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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
831 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY.
* AT 831 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILSON, LINCOLN, SYLVAN GROVE, DORRANCE, OLMITZ, BARNARD,
MILBERGER, BUNKER HILL, GALATIA, SUSANK, WILSON STATE PARK, WILSON
LAKE AND ASH GROVE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
WEST ELKHORN CREEK, WILSON CREEK, BRUSH CREEK, NORTH BRANCH
SPILLMAN CREEK, PROSSER CREEK, SALINE RIVER, WEST BRANCH THIRD
CREEK, FOSSIL CREEK, SPILLMAN CREEK, LOST CREEK, DRY CREEK, BLOOD
CREEK, BUFFALO CREEK, LITTLE TIMBER CREEK, YAUGER CREEK, BACON
CREEK, DECEPTION CREEK, SMOKY HILL RIVER, BOOT CREEK, TWELVEMILE
CREEK, BATTLE CREEK, WEST TWIN CREEK, BULLFOOT CREEK, BLUE STEM
CREEK, WOLF CREEK, CEDAR CREEK, WALNUT CREEK, COW CREEK, BEAVER
CREEK, SALT CREEK, EAST FORK WOLF CREEK, LANDON CREEK, COAL CREEK,
RATTLESNAKE CREEK, SOUTH BRANCH SPILLMAN CREEK, TRAIL CREEK, GOOSE
CREEK, SELLENS CREEK, ELKHORN CREEK, EAST ELKHORN CREEK AND SPRING
CREEK.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3909 9848 3921 9834 3921 9794 3909 9793
3887 9832 3870 9863 3846 9903 3865 9903
3870 9897
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MCGUIRE
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