930  
WGUS43 KICT 011958  
FLWICT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS  
258 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
KSC009-053-105-167-169-021500-  
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BARTON KS-ELLSWORTH KS-LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-SALINE KS-  
258 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY  
 
* WHAT...LOCALIZED FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...  
NORTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...  
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...  
RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...  
SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER  
LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 258 PM CDT, OFF-AND-ON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED UP  
TO AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED FLOODINGINCLUDE...  
SALINA, RUSSELL, ELLSWORTH, WILSON, KANOPOLIS, LINCOLN, ASSARIA,  
GYPSUM, LUCAS, GORHAM, SYLVAN GROVE, BROOKVILLE, SMOLAN, LURAY,  
DORRANCE, BEVERLY, NEW CAMBRIA, BARNARD, MILBERGER AND FALUN.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9849 3922 9849 3922 9794  
3896 9794 3896 9738 3866 9738 3869 9903  
3883 9904  
 
 
 
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