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Flood warning issued for south-central Kansas, including Sedgwick County

A car passes through a flooded street in the Delano area in Wichita on Tuesday night. Wichita and all of Sedgwick County are under a flood warning.
A car passes through a flooded street in the Delano area in Wichita on Tuesday night. Wichita and all of Sedgwick County are under a flood warning. The Wichita Eagle

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for all of Sedgwick County, east-central Reno County and north-central Sumner County until 10:45 p.m. Tuesday.

The warning came at 8:20 p.m. after thunderstorms producing heavy rains rolled through the area.

Some areas in the warning had already received an inch of rain with the storms, and an additional 1/2 to 1 inch was expected. In addition, rains from this past weekend have saturated many areas.

Places of most concern included Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 22, and I-35 between Mile Markers 15 and 48, the warning said.

Highways, underpasses and rural roads along streams and low-lying areas are most subject to flooding.

Beccy Tanner: 316-268-6336, @beccytanner

This story was originally published April 19, 2016 at 8:36 PM with the headline "Flood warning issued for south-central Kansas, including Sedgwick County."

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