Flood Warning
NWS Wichita KS ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 4 AM CDT Wednesday
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Southwestern Butler County in south central Kansas... Eastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas... Northern Sumner County in south central Kansas...
When
Until 400 AM CDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
Additional details
- At 1001 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Wichita, Derby, Andover, Haysville, Park City, Bel Aire, Mulvane, Goddard, Rose Hill, Clearwater, Belle Plaine, Conway Springs, Downtown Wichita, Kechi, Eastborough, Argonia, Viola and Eisenhower National Airport. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Affected areas
- Butler County, KS
- Sedgwick County, KS
- Sumner County, KS
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wichita KS
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2M2JYDCAPDG7P5KXZ9DRE7T
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5005c8f4920f6f86ad96d04dea3cc8ec08a11ed4.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wichita KS
- AWIPS ID
- CAPICT
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4483
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWICT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KICT 160301 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KICT.FA.W.0057.260916T0301Z-260916T0900Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T04:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Butler County, KS
- Sedgwick County, KS
- Sumner County, KS
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 020015 |
| SAME | 020173 |
| SAME | 020191 |
| UGC | KSC015 |
| UGC | KSC173 |
| UGC | KSC191 |
- Polygons
- 37.25,-97.8 37.73,-97.51 37.82,-97.31 37.72,-97.06 37.48,-97.15 37.47,-97.15 37.12,-97.8 37.25,-97.8