Kansas Flash Flood Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 18:31

FFWICT The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Barton County in central Kansas... Northwestern Ellsworth County in central Kansas... Lincoln County in central Kansas... Southeastern Russell County in central Kansas... * Until 300 AM CDT Monday. * At 831 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Wilson, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Dorrance, Olmitz, Barnard, Milberger, Bunker Hill, Galatia, Susank, Wilson State Park, Wilson Lake and Ash Grove. This includes the following streams and drainages... West Elkhorn Creek, Wilson Creek, Brush Creek, North Branch Spillman Creek, Prosser Creek, Saline River, West Branch Third Creek, Fossil Creek, Spillman Creek, Lost Creek, Dry Creek, Blood Creek, Buffalo Creek, Little Timber Creek, Yauger Creek, Bacon Creek, Deception Creek, Smoky Hill River, Boot Creek, Twelvemile Creek, Battle Creek, West Twin Creek, Bullfoot Creek, Blue Stem Creek, Wolf Creek, Cedar Creek, Walnut Creek, Cow Creek, Beaver Creek, Salt Creek, East Fork Wolf Creek, Landon Creek, Coal Creek, Rattlesnake Creek, South Branch Spillman Creek, Trail Creek, Goose Creek, Sellens Creek, Elkhorn Creek, East Elkhorn Creek and Spring Creek.