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WGUS43 KICT 311852
FLWICT

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
152 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

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

  Cottonwood River near Florence affecting Marion 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.

The next statement will be issued late tonight at 200 AM CDT.

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152 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Cottonwood River near Florence.

* WHEN...From this evening to late tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, outside the levee system in southeast
  Florence, flood waters flow across Park Ave Road and reach the
  foundation of a residential home. Northwest of Florence, the
  bridge on 140th Road and 1/2 mile west of Highway 77 floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:15 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 15.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 23.2 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 22.0 feet.


&&

  Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location            Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Mon   Tue   Wed

Cottonwood River
Florence            22.0  15.8  Sun 1 pm CDT 20.6  6.9   3.8


&&

LAT...LON 3838 9698 3832 9689 3838 9676 3824 9667
      3816 9689 3830 9711


$$

Davis