Flood Warning issued October 15 at 2:23AM CDT until October 15 at 7:26PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
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...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Kansas... Slate Creek At Wellington affecting Cowley and Sumner Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Slate Creek at Wellington. * WHEN...Until this evening. * 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 1:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 20.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 19.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 1:00 AM CDT Thursday was 20.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage this morning and continue falling to 4.6 feet early Tuesday morning. - 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 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 this afternoon at 230 PM CDT.
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- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- KS, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Cowley, KS; Sumner, KS
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-15T02:23:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-15T02:23:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f8cb7e023f7ad66244e64d9b8f777ac01d548324.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b76c7e239571d16ed24a158e9bc74267dc117b85.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e9a1475c9cefee9874fbe43a229d9c4054347407.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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 this afternoon at 230 PM CDT.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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