FLOOD UPDATE: Neosho River warning at Neosho Rapids canceled; all area rivers in their banks

The flood of October 2018 is over.

The Neosho River went below flood stage at Neosho Rapids late Saturday afternoon, ending a week of flooding along the Cottonwood and Neosho rivers after anywhere from 10-16 inches of rainfall Oct. 3-9 and up to another inch of rainfall Oct. 11-12.

As KVOE News reported Friday, Lyon County’s list of road closures will remain constant through the weekend with re-evaluations resuming Monday:

*Road M from Road 130-150
*Road 100 East of Road L
*Road G from Road 160-170
*Horseshoe (Road G – G5 & 150-160)
*Road 160 from Road F-J
*Road 165 from Road H-J
*Road H from 160-165
*Road150 from Road D-F
*Road145 from Road E-H
*Road 140 F-L (K99)
*Road 155 West of K99
*Road 150 West of K99 to H
*Road 160 and Road N
*Road 150 from Road M-S
*Road S from Road 130-140
*Road S from Road 150-160
*Road T from Road 130-140
*Road 180 from Road S to T (bridge is washed out)

Drivers are reminded to always exercise caution on all roadways and never go around barricades.

For ag producers, the heavy rainfall comes at a difficult time. Lyon County Extension agent Brian Rees says harvest has essentially been put on hold.

Rees says the immediate concern is the crop condition, but field damage will be an ongoing issue.

Corn and beans had made dramatic progress over the past month as rain blunted the ongoing drought. For beans, Rees says yields could wind up close to average.

Corn yields were in line to be extremely strong in southern Lyon County — up to 200 bushels an acre or more — while yields on north Lyon County could have been as low as 10 bushels an acre in places where the corn wasn’t already cut for silage.

We’ll keep you posted on KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media. Lyon County Emergency Management Director Jarrod Fell joins KVOE’s Newsmaker 2 segment at 8:20 am Monday with a flood update.