Alert Details
...Forecast flooding changed from Moderate to Major severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Kansas... Slate Creek At Wellington affecting Cowley and Sumner Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record. * WHERE...Slate Creek at Wellington. * WHEN...Until tomorrow evening. * IMPACTS...At 23.5 feet, Expect extensive cropland and field flooding along the creek. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 23.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 24.5 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.