…The Flood Warning is extended 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 early Friday morning.
* IMPACTS…At 23.5 feet, Slate Creek floods the Kansas Turnpike
near mile marker 15 or four miles south of the Wellington exit.
Closing of I-35 or the Kansas Turnpike from the Wellington
interchange to the KS OK border is highly likely and traffic to be
rerouted. Expect extensive cropland and field flooding along the
creek.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:46 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 23.2 feet and rising.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.7
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage tomorrow afternoon.
– Flood stage is 19.0 feet.