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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

May 29, 2026Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2026, 6:19 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It took effect at May 29, 2026, 8:50 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2026, 6:19 AM CDT (11:19 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2026, 8:50 AM CDT
Expired: May 29, 2026, 8:11 PM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina (SLNK1). The gauge peaked at 24.78 ft at May 29, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 27.4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06869950, 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 May 29, 5:55 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 5:55 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	56 min
May 29, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	44 min
May 29, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.