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WGUS43 KICT 090748
FLWICT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
248 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
SALT CREEK AT BARNARD AFFECTING LINCOLN 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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 300 PM CDT.
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248 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...SALT CREEK AT BARNARD.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, EXPECT FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS TO
AN EXTENT OF 3/4 OF A MILE COVERAGE. FLOOD WATERS COVER HIGHWAY
284 EAST OF THE CREEK BRIDGE TO AROUND 260TH ROAD, EXPECT ROAD
CLOSURE. NUMEROUS ROADS ALONG AND NEAR THE SALT CREEK FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.5 FEET AND RISING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 24.2
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
SALT CREEK
BARNARD 21.0 23.5 TUE 2 AM CDT 23.8 21.2 18.3
LAT...LON 3922 9802 3919 9793 3912 9793 3917 9808
3922 9811
CHRISTO
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