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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Wichita, KS

June 26, 2026Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 26, 2026, 4:01 AM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 26, 2026, 9:01 AM CDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2026, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2026, 9:01 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2026, 2:16 AM CDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ninnescah River near Peck (PECK1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07145500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 26, 3:34 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:34 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1140 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1139 PM     Flash Flood      1 SSW Downtown Wichita  37.67N 97.36W
06/25/2026                   Sedgwick           KS   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Individual trapped on top of submerged car
            at S Martinson and W Stillwell.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1147 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1141 PM     Rain             1 WSW East Wichita      37.68N 97.27W
06/25/2026  M4.90 Inch       Sedgwick           KS   Broadcast Media

            Measured report of heavy rainfall relayed by
            KWCH at Edgemoor and Kellogg.

&&

CDJ

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1202 AM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1157 PM     Flash Flood      2 NNW Wichita Eisenhowe 37.69N 97.45W
06/25/2026                   Sedgwick           KS   Broadcast Media

            Relayed report from KWCH, water getting into
            a home near Tyler and Douglas in west
            Wichita.

&&

CDJ

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1211 AM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1210 AM     Flash Flood      2 WSW Downtown Wichita  37.67N 97.38W
06/26/2026                   Sedgwick           KS   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Basement apartments are flooding. Individual
            had to break a window in order to escape.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1249 AM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1248 AM     Flash Flood      2 NW Mcconnell Air Forc 37.64N 97.29W
06/26/2026                   Sedgwick           KS   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Report of a submerged vehicle and person
            stranded in floodwaters near S Davidson and
            S Dunkin.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1252 AM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1242 AM     Flash Flood      7 NW Atlanta            37.52N 96.84W
06/26/2026                   Butler             KS   Emergency Mngr

            210th from Hwy 77 to Haverhill Rd is closed
            due to flooding.

&&

CDJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	20 hr
Jun 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	37 min
Jun 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	65 min
Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Labette	43 min
Jun 25, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	38 min
Jun 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	34 min
Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	17 hr
Jun 25, 10:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick	4 hr
Jun 25, 10:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	11 hr
Jun 25, 11:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sedgwick and 3 more	17 hr
Jun 25, 11:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	16 hr
Jun 25, 11:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	14 hr
Jun 25, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Allen, Woodson	4 hr
Jun 25, 11:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	7 hr
Jun 26, 12:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	16 hr
Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner	4 hr
Jun 26, 2:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sumner	90 min
Jun 26, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
Jun 26, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	5 hr
Jun 26, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	59 hr
Jun 26, 4:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	35 hr
Jun 26, 1:30 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 11 more	17 hr
Jun 26, 3:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	17 hr
Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sumner	16 hr
Jun 26, 3:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Greenwood	50 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.