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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
217 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 230 AM CDT.
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217 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CHIKASKIA RIVER NEAR CORBIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 1:46 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 1:46 PM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 12.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.8 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.9
FEET ON 03/19/2003.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3735 9765 3700 9740 3700 9756 3723 9784
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