Several area rivers remain in flood Monday night after heavy rainfall this past weekend and earlier last week.
*Cottonwood River at Emporia: Warning until Thursday night. The river is at 23.79 feet, above flood stage of 20 feet but below a tentative crest of 23.81 feet earlier Monday. Expected crest now is 24.7 feet Tuesday morning, high enough to cover the southbound lane of Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia but not the northbound lane.
*Cottonwood River at Cottonwood Falls: Warning until Wednesday morning. River is at 10.6 feet, above both flood stage of 9 feet and an earlier crest projection of 10.5 feet. It could climb to 10.7 feet before midnight and go below flood stage Tuesday morning.
*Cottonwood at Plymouth: Warning until Tuesday night. River is now at 31.8 feet, below flood stage of 32 feet and down from a tentative crest of 32.38 feet Sunday night. The river may rise to 32.3 feet Tuesday morning and go below flood stage Tuesday afternoon.
*Neosho River at Neosho Rapids: Warning until Thursday afternoon. River is at 24.9 feet, above flood stage of 22. River should go rise to 25.4 feet Tuesday morning and go below flood stage Wednesday evening.
The list of road closures got long in a hurry Sunday and remains long as of Monday night:
Lyon County
*Road A from US Highway 50 to Road 180
*Road G from 160 to 170
*Road H between 140 and 145; between 160 and 165
*1300 and 1400 blocks Road J; J from 30th Avenue (Road 190) to 215
*1300 and 1400 blocks Road K; K from 190 to 210
*Road M between 140 and 150
*Road 140 between Road H and Kansas Highway 99
*700 block Road 145
*Road 150 between Road J and Kansas Highway 99
*Road 155 between F and G
*700 and 800 blocks Road 160
*Road 190 from K to K-5
*Road 210 from Road K to Kansas Highway 99
*Road 215 from F-5 to H-5; H-5 to J-7
Chase County
*A north of US Highway 50
*C to Cedar Point
*DE between 40 and 50
*XX from US Highway 50 to 240
*88 between A and B
*130 to Cedar Point
*140 to US Highway 50
*Camp Wood Road from Address 883 to Address 1080
*Sharps Creek south of Bazaar
Access to Cedar Point is available from 130 Road. Access to Elmdale is available by using US Highway 50.
Coffey County
*16th at Angus; at Kafir
Thunderstorms re-enter the forecast picture Tuesday afternoon. There is a marginal risk of severe storms and heavy rain by Tuesday evening.
Stay with KVOE and KVOE.com for updates. Click here for prior KVOE News flood coverage.
