Wichita, Kansas

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Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Barber
Effective: 2026-07-09 @ 3:24 pm -> 2026-07-09 @ 8:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-09 @ 3:24 pm -> 2026-07-09 @ 8:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Dodge City KS on 2026-07-09 @ 3:24 pm
Headline: Heat Advisory issued July 9 at 3:24PM CDT until July 9 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 110.

* WHERE...Barber County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Flood Warning
Area(s): Pottawatomie, KS
Effective: 2026-07-09 @ 2:01 pm -> 2026-07-10 @ 1:30 am
Onset: 2026-07-09 @ 6:43 pm -> 2026-07-10 @ 1:26 am
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Topeka KS on 2026-07-09 @ 2:01 pm
Headline: Flood Warning issued July 9 at 2:01PM CDT until July 10 at 1:26AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Description: ...The National Weather Service in Topeka KS has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Kansas...

Vermillion Creek near Wamego affecting Pottawatomie County.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Vermillion Creek near Wamego.

* WHEN...From this evening to just after midnight tonight.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Minor flooding occurs along Vermillion
Creek.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 18.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening to a crest of 20.1 feet this evening. It will
then fall below flood stage late this evening.
- Flood stage is 20.0 feet.