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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
810 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
SLATE CREEK AT WELLINGTON AFFECTING COWLEY AND SUMNER COUNTIES.
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 THURSDAY MORNING AT 900 AM CDT.
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810 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SLATE CREEK AT WELLINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS COVER SEVERAL LOW LYING SPOTS
ALONG SENECA ROAD BETWEEN 40TH AND 60TH STREET JUST SOUTHEAST OF
WELLINGTON. WOODS PARK WITHIN THE CITY FLOODS. SLATE CREEK COMES TO
ROADWAY'S EDGE AT MILE MARKER 15 ON THE THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 19.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.2 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.4
FEET ON 05/13/2017.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3747 9764 3718 9712 3708 9719 3735 9771
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