After heavy to massive rainfall totals in parts of Kansas on Thursday, river-based flood warnings have now been issued east and west of Emporia.
The Neosho River is now in a flood warning at Neosho Rapids from Friday afternoon until further notice. The river was at 18.3 feet Thursday night. It could rise to about 22.2 feet, just above flood stage of 22 feet, by Friday evening. It could also rise again to 25 feet by Monday night.
The Cottonwood River, meanwhile, is in a flood warning at Cottonwood Falls from Saturday night through Monday afternoon. The river gauge was at 4.8 feet Thursday night and should crest at 9.3 feet, slightly above the 9-foot flood stage, by Sunday afternoon. The river should then go back below flood stage Sunday night.
Residents in the KVOE listening area got up to 4 inches of rain Thursday, with some residents getting another 2 inches of rainfall earlier in the week. Marion County, the location of the Cottonwood River headwaters, got 5-6 inches just Thursday morning.
Stay with KVOE and KVOE.com with our risk of flooding back in the short-term picture.
8 pm Thursday: Handful of Lyon County roads remain closed, most area rivers to approach flood stage after heavy holiday rainfall
Rivers keep rising and roads are once again closing after heavy rainfall from Thursday morning.
Nearly 10 different roads and intersections in Lyon County were closed after as much as 4 inches of rain Thursday and more rain earlier in the week:
*Road G from 40 to 50; from 160 to 180
*Road J from 140 to 160; from 190 to 210
*Road K from 140 to 155
*Road 150 from J to K-5; from N to P
*Road 155 from K to K-5
*Road 215 from Road H5 to J5
While the KVOE listening area got 2-4 inches pretty consistently, places further west got a lot more — as in 5-8 inches. The rain put Chase County in a flood warning for much of Thursday, but that was canceled ahead of the original 8:15 pm expiration time.
Most area river gauges are expected to rise just short of flood stage over the next few days. The exception currently is the Neosho at Neosho Rapids, which may get above the 22-foot flood stage Monday night.
