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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1112 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
CHIKASKIA RIVER NEAR CORBIN AFFECTING SUMNER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 EVENING AT 1115 PM CDT.
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1112 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CHIKASKIA RIVER NEAR CORBIN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, LEFT BANK OVERFLOWS EXTEND OUT TO ABOUT 100
YARDS. A LOW WATER BRIDGE ON SOUTH SUMNER ROAD, 3 MILES DOWNSTREAM
FROM GAGE SITE OR 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORBIN, FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:46 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 10:46 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 11.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.3 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.3
FEET ON 03/23/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3735 9765 3700 9740 3700 9756 3723 9784
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