FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
BARTON... ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN...MCPHERSON...RICE...RUSSELL AND SALINE.
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...HARVEY...RENO...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER

HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND  AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS SERIES OF STORMS WILL ONLY HEIGHTEN  THE FLOODING THREAT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL  LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FLOODING THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND FLOODING OF CITY STREETS. SUSTAINED HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO LEAD TO RAPID  RISES AND FLOODING OF RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND BECOME WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ANY OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND TRANSITION INTO A LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THREAT TONIGHT.

AREA FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICE COUNTY AND ALSO NORTHEAST RENO COUNTY...AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER.