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WGUS43 KICT 281303
FLWICT

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wichita KS
803 AM CDT Wed May 28 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 100 AM CDT.

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803 AM CDT Wed May 28 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Cottonwood River near Florence.

* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 22.0 feet, minor flooding of the left bank and roads
  along the north bank will begin. 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 7:15 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 5.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 23.6 feet tomorrow
    evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 22.0 feet.


&&

  Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location            Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Thu   Fri   Sat

Cottonwood River
Florence            22.0  5.7   Wed 7 am CDT 15.9  20.7  8.6


&&

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


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