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Flood Watch issued October 13 at 12:49PM CDT until October 15 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

Flood Watch · McPherson; Marion; Chase; Reno; Harvey; Butler; Greenwood; Woodson; Allen; Kingman; Sedgwick. Severe; possible; urgency: future.

Bulletin issued
13 October 2026 at 17:49 UTC
First saved by us
13 October 2026 at 07:28 UTC
Last included in a daily record
14 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Wichita KS · McPherson; Marion; Chase; Reno; Harvey; Butler; Greenwood; Woodson; Allen; Kingman; Sedgwick
Certainty / urgency
Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end)
14 October 2026 at 12:30 UTC
Forecast onset / end
13 October 2026 at 22:00 UTC / 15 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC

Archived official description

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, and southeast Kansas, including the following counties, in central Kansas, Marion and McPherson. In east central Kansas, Chase. In south central Kansas, Butler, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and Sedgwick. In southeast Kansas, Allen, Greenwood and Woodson. * WHEN...From 5 PM CDT this afternoon through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and storms producing heavy rainfall are expected to develop late this afternoon and become more numerous this evening into Wednesday morning. Another around of heavy rain is then expected Wednesday evening into Thursday morning, with the Flint Hills into southeast Kansas having the higher chances to see flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions in this archived message

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

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    Flood Watch issued October 13 at 2:15AM CDT until October 14 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

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    Flood Watch issued October 13 at 12:49PM CDT until October 15 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

    Source updated
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 07:15 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 17:49 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 07:15 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 17:49 UTC

    Message expiry
    Before

    14 October 2026 at 00:00 UTC

    After

    14 October 2026 at 12:30 UTC

    Forecast end
    Before

    14 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC

    After

    15 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC

    Message type
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    Alert

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    Update

    Source status
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    Source alert

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    Source update

    Official description
    Before

    * WHAT...Localized flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, and southeast Kansas, including the following counties, in central Kansas, Marion and McPherson. In east central Kansas, Chase. In south central Kansas, Butler, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and Sedgwick. In southeast Kansas, Allen, Greenwood and Woodson. * WHEN...From late this afternoon through mid-morning Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in localized flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, city streets, underpasses, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Scattered to numerous thunderstorms with high rainfall rates are expected to move east to northeast across the same areas late this afternoon through tonight. Areas of heavy rainfall are expected, which could lead to localized flooding concerns. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

    After

    * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, and southeast Kansas, including the following counties, in central Kansas, Marion and McPherson. In east central Kansas, Chase. In south central Kansas, Butler, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and Sedgwick. In southeast Kansas, Allen, Greenwood and Woodson. * WHEN...From 5 PM CDT this afternoon through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and storms producing heavy rainfall are expected to develop late this afternoon and become more numerous this evening into Wednesday morning. Another around of heavy rain is then expected Wednesday evening into Thursday morning, with the Flint Hills into southeast Kansas having the higher chances to see flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

    External source link
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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ee51771b7f39fc3642f77d6af490a05ead92ef09.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.131bc9690277476af4689c34f97c3220e7f39576.002.1

    Bulletin issued: 13 October 2026 at 17:49 UTC

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First saved record · 13 October 2026 at 07:28 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Flood Watch issued October 13 at 2:15AM CDT until October 14 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Wichita KS. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 13 October 2026 at 07:15 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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