Showers and storms are likely Monday, and severe weather of some sort is expected.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jenifer Prieto says the atmosphere is highly unstable.
Area counties are in an enhanced to moderate risk, so Levels 3 and 4 on the Storm Prediction Center’s 5-point scale. All hazards are possible, with hail to the size of baseballs, wind gusts up to 80 mph and tornadoes. Prieto says cautions severe weather isn’t guaranteed, and the hazards all hinge on storm form.
Flash flooding is also a concern, and Lyon and most surrounding counties are in a flood watch until 7 am Tuesday. Prieto says areas north and west of Emporia were soaked by storms Sunday night into early Monday. Rain totals so far:
*KVOE studios: 0.30 inches
*Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.33 inches
*3.5 miles west of Emporia Golf Course: 0.40 inches
*10th and Weaver: 0.50 inches
*1100 block Constitution: 0.55 inches
*South and Sylvan: 0.70 inches
*Allen: 1.50 inches
*Cottonwood Falls: 0.20 inches
*Kansas Highway 99 at Lyon-Greenwood county line: 0.25 inches
*Lebo Heidi Inn: 0.60 inches
*Reading: 1.50 inches
*500 block Road 290: 0.90 inches
*200 block Road 340: 1.33 inches
*2200 block Road M: 0.80 inches
*Toledo: 0.28 inches
Current indications have storms developing by 3-5 pm in central and north-central Kansas before slowly pushing east. Widespread storms could be across the KVOE listening area by mid-evening, with showers and storms continuing well past midnight.
Meanwhile, much of the KVOE listening area is without power. Evergy’s outage map shows an outage stretching from Cedar Point to Emporia and north Lyon County through much of Osage County and all the way northeast to Tonganoxie. Close to 1,100 customers went offline shortly after 6:40 am.
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