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FLWICT

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
152 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

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

  Slate Creek At Wellington affecting Cowley and Sumner Counties.

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 Thu Aug 28 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Slate Creek at Wellington.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to early tomorrow 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 1:01 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 19.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 20.5
    feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just
    after midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.


&&

               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Fri   Sat   Sun

Slate Creek
Wellington     19.0  19.0  Thu 1 pm CDT 13.5  8.3   6.9


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LAT...LON 3747 9764 3718 9712 3708 9719 3735 9771


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Christo