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WGUS43 KICT 061248
FLWICT

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
748 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

...The National Weather Service in Wichita KS has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Kansas...

  Fall River at Fredonia affecting Wilson 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.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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/FRNK1.1.ER.240507T1641Z.240507T1800Z.240507T2217Z.NO/
748 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Fall River at Fredonia.

* WHEN...From Tuesday morning to early Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Flood waters backup into residential yards
  located 1 mile south of Fredonia near the gage site off of Highway
  96. Expect bank overflows on both banks.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 10.2 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 17.5
    feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood
    stage tomorrow afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.


&&

          Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location  Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Tue   Wed   Thu

Fall River
Fredonia  17.0  10.2  Mon 7 am CDT 15.2  12.5  10.7


&&

LAT...LON 3764 9598 3750 9573 3738 9565 3739 9576
      3759 9604


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Smith