Our third round of flooding this month is now underway across much of the KVOE listening area.
Significant flooding is underway yet again, meaning long lists of flooded roads.
Late Tuesday night, Kansas Highway 99 closed south of Emporia to Road 130. The Kansas Turnpike floodgates opened up at mile marker 122.5 to help alleviate the traffic flow.
North of Emporia, K-99 reopened to traffic from Emporia’s north city limits to Kansas Highway 170 and Americus Road has remained open throughout this current flooding episode. Burlingame Road, closed for most of Tuesday due to flooding at Road 190, now has one lane of traffic open. Other closures:
*400 block Road 170; 1500 block of Road 170 from R to R-1
*Road A from US Highway 50 to Road 180
*Road B-2 from US Highway 50 to Road 180
*Road B-5 from 170 to 173; from US Highway 50 to Road 180
*Road F north of 140
*Road G north of 160; south of 170
*Road J north of 190
*Road K from 190 to 210
*Road K-7 south of 70
*Road M from 190 to 197
*1700 to 1778 Road P-2 near Camp Alexander
*Road 160 west of G; west of J
*Road 170 at P
*Road 180 east of Burlingame Road
*Road 190 east of Burlingame Road
*Road 210 from K to L
*Road 240 from C to D
*Road 250 from D to E
The Lyon County Emergency Communication Center has posted an interactive map so you can see the closed roads. Click here for that map.
Areawide, Kansas Highway 177 is closed between Cottonwood Falls and Strong City. Numerous county roads are closed in Chase and Greenwood counties. Morris County has Dunlap Road closed until further notice. And Osage County has K-68 and 268 going into Quenemo closed as well as K-31 at 325th near Melvern. Full list:
Chase County
*Kansas Highway 177 between Cottonwood Falls and Strong City
*Numerous county roads
Coffey County
*8th Rd between Garner and Homestead
*10th Rd between Reaper and Shetland
*11th Rd between Trefoil Rd and Underwood
*13th Rd between Blackbird and Contour; between Fauna and Garner
*14th Rd between Blackbird and Contour
*28th Rd between Underwood and Verdure
*Contour Rd at 28th
*Dobbin Rd at 24th
*Jacob’s Creek East/West of the cemetery
Greenwood County
*10 Street between Kansas Highway 99 and Q
*55 Street between H and J
*70 Street between Kansas Highway 99 and Z
*140 Street between P and P-50; between Z and AA; between CC and FF
*150 Street between L-75 and N
*180 Street between L and N; between T and U
*200 Road between EE and FF
*210 Street between BB and CC
*270 Street between H-50 and M-50
*280 Street between R and T
*300 Street between V and W
*320 Street between V and W
*330 Street between BB-50 and CC
*340 Street between Y-25 and Z
*350 Street between R-25 and T
*360 Street between P and Q
*380 Street between V and V-50
*AA Road between 210 and 230; between 310 and 320
*BB-50 Road between Elk County line and US Highway 400
*CC Road between 200 and 202
*CC-50 Road between Fall River and US Highway 400
*DD Road between 190 and 200
*G Road between 185 and 195
*GG Road between US Highway 54 and 165; between 290 and 300
*H Road between 12 and K
*J Road between 50 and 60
*K Road between 50 and 60
*L Road between Elk County line and 13; between 110 and US Highway 54; between River Road and 180
*P Road between 30 and 60; between 130 and 140; between 360 and 370
*R-50 Road between 160 and 175
*T Road between 310 and 320
*U Road between 160 and 170; between 380 and Lyon County line
*V Road between Elk County line ad 10; between 310 and 320
*X Road between 375 and Lyon County line
*Y-50 Road between 250 and 255
*Z Road between 60 and 70
*Badger Creek between Sunflower Hill and BB
*Casner Road between Y-25 and Z-50
Morris County
*Dunlap Road
Meanwhile, nearly every area river gauge is in flood at this time.
The Cottonwood is in flood from Emporia west to Cottonwood Falls.
*At Emporia, the river is at 25.1, above flood stage of 20. It should rise to 25.2 feet by Thursday morning and go below flood Saturday night. A flood warning is posted until Sunday evening.
*At Plymouth, the river is at 33.72 feet, above flood stage of 32 feet. The river could climb to 35.6 feet Thursday morning and go below flood stage Friday night. A flood warning goes until Saturday morning.
*At Cottonwood Falls, the river is at 11.7 feet, above flood stage of 9 feet. The river should crest at 13.4 feet Wednesday afternoon. A flood warning is up until Saturday morning.
The Neosho is in flood from Americus southeast to LeRoy.
*At Americus, the river is at 26.47 feet. Flood stage is 26 feet. The river should climb to 26.4 feet Wednesday and fall below flood stage before noon. A warning continues to Wednesday night.
*At Emporia, the river is at 23.04 feet, above flood stage of 19. The river should climb to 23.4 feet Wednesday morning and go below flood stage Thursday morning. The current warning goes until Thursday afternoon.
*At Neosho Rapids, the river is at 25.48, above flood stage of 22 feet. The river could get to 29.5 feet early Thursday and go below flood stage Sunday morning. The warning goes until Sunday evening.
*At Burlington, the river is at 27.25 feet. Flood stage is 27. The river could climb to 31.6 feet Thursday morning. The flood warning goes until further notice.
*At LeRoy, the river is at 28.2 feet, above flood stage of 23 and above the point where floodwaters cross railroad tracks near the town. The river could climb to 28.4 feet before noon, and additional rises could happen later. The river is in a flood warning until further notice.
This third round of flooding for the month comes after up to 2 inches of rain Saturday and anywhere from 3-8 inches of rain areawide from noon Monday through midday Tuesday. More rainfall is in the picture for the next several days. Flood warnings continue until 11 am for Chase and Greenwood counties. A flash flood watch affects Coffey County through Thursday morning and Greenwood County from 7 pm Wednesday through 10 am Thursday.
Meanwhile, severe weather is again possible across the area Wednesday. Hail, high wind and isolated tornadoes are possible by late afternoon.
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