Barricades have been removed from several Lyon County roads affected by flooding this week. Unfortunately, Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia is not yet on that list.
Hours after saying barricades wouldn’t be removed until roads were passable, the Lyon County Highway Department cleared over 20 roads and intersections from a list that essentially been building all week. Having said that, the current list is still long:
-Kansas Highway 99 from Soden’s Grove to Road 130
-1900 Road 60
-Road 140 from Road H to Road K-5
-Road 145 from Road G to Road H; west of Neosho Rapids river bridge
-Road 150 from Road C to Road E; Road E to Road F; from Road H to Road K-5; from Road M to Road N; from Road N to Road R; west of Road X
-Road 155 from Road K to Road K-5
-Road 160 from Road N to Road R; Road R to Road S
-Road 170 from Road N to Road R
-Road 177 West of Road P5
-Road 240 from Road D to Road E
-Road A from Road 170 to Road 180
-Road B-2 from Road 170 to Road 180
-Road B-5 from Road 170 to Road 180
-Road C from US Highway 50 to Road 180
-Road E from Road 140 to Road 160
-Road F from Road 160 north
-Road G from Road 140 to Road 145
-Road G5 from Road 170 to Road 175
-Road H from Road 140 to Road 145
-Road J from Road 130 to Road 160
-Road K from Road 130 to Road 155
-Road M from Road 137 to Road 150
-Road N from Road 160 to Road 170
-Road P from Road 160 to Road 170
-Road R from Road 160 to Road 170; from Road 140 to Road 160
-Road S from Road 130 to Road 137
-Road T from Road 130 to Road 150
-Road W from Road 122 to Road 145; south of Road 155
Minor to moderate flooding continues along the Cottonwood from Emporia to the west and on the Neosho east of Emporia.
The Cottonwood River at Emporia is at 25.36 feet, above flood stage of 20 and trending down from a crest of 26.17 feet Thursday evening. The river may go back into its banks Monday and it may not totally clear Highway 99 until Sunday afternoon. A flood warning now continues until Monday night.
The Cottonwood at Plymouth is at 33.26 feet, above flood stage of 32 but below its crest of 34.42 feet Thursday. The river could go below flood stage Saturday afternoon. The warning now gues until Saturday night
The Cottonwood at Cottonwood Falls is at 11 feet, above the 9-foot flood stage but below Thursday’s crest of 14.1. The river could go below flood stage Saturday. The warning now continues until Sunday morning.
At Neosho Rapids, moderate flooding is ongoing. The river is at 26.1 feet, above flood stage of 22 but below a tentative crest of 27.11 feet Thursday. The river may go below flood stage early Tuesday. The flood warning now continues until Tuesday evening.
