Expect more road closures in Lyon County, thanks to heavy rainfall overnight and expanded river flooding as a result.
*East Emporia: 2.3 to 3.5 inches today
*Central Emporia: 3.3 inches today
*Allen: 1.4 inches today
*Americus: 3.1 inches today, 5.5 inches since Monday and 11.45 inches since April 29
*Between Hartford and Olpe: 2.4 inches today, 4.5 inches since Monday.
*Bushong: 1.8 inches today, 4.4 inches since Monday
*Olpe; 2.4 inches today
*Reading: 2.1 inches today, 3.8 inches since Monday
*Saffordville: 2.2 inches today, 11.8 inches since April 29
Already, close to 30 roads and intersections are closed because of flooding:
*Kansas Highway 99 from 180 to 240
*Americus Road from 190 to 250
*Road 140 from H to K-5
*Road 145 from G to H
*Road 150 from E to F; from H to K-5; from Kansas Highway 99 to M; from N to R
*Road 155 from K to K-5
*Road 160 from G-5 to J
*Road 240 between D and F; at G
*Road E between 140 and 150
*Road A from US Highway 50 to Road 180
*Road B2 from US Highway 50 to Road 180
*Road B5 from US Highway 50 to Road 180
*Road D north of 150
*Road E north of 150
*Road G south of US Highway 50; south of 160
*Road G5 south of 160; from 170 to 175
*Road H from 140 to 145
*Road K from 130 to 155
*Road J from 130 to 160
*Road M from 137 to 150
*Road P from 140 to 150
*Road R from 140 to 160
*Road W from 122 to 145
Several roads have water over them but are tentatively passable:
*1900 block Road 60
*Road 240 from C to D
*Road 250 from C to D
Chase County
*Kansas Highway 177 closed between Cottonwood Falls and US Highway 50
*Most county roads closed
*Cedar Point inaccessible. Clements currently accessible but access may be cut off soon due to flooding
County Engineer Chip Woods is urging drivers to play it safe if they encounter flooding or barricades.
The Cottonwood River at Emporia is at 23.28 feet, above flood stage of 20. Minor flooding is underway but moderate flooding is expected. The river should climb to 25.8 feet early Thursday, which would close the southbound Kansas Highway 99 traffic lane south of Emporia. The river may go back into its banks Sunday.
The Cottonwood at Plymouth is at 33.4 feet, above flood stage of 32. Minor flooding has started. The river could climb to 36 feet — third all-time if the forecast holds — around sunrise Thursday. It could also go below flood stage Saturday afternoon.
The Cottonwood at Cottonwood Falls is at 11.7 feet, above the 9-foot flood stage. It should now climb to 13.2 feet, tied for third all-time if projections are correct, Wednesday evening and go below flood stage Saturday.
For the Neosho at Emporia, the river is at 23.61 feet, above flood of 19 feet and above the 19.5-foot marker where Prairie Street or Road J floods north of town. Moderate flooding is underway. The river could crest at 24.5 feet Thursday.
At Americus, moderate flooding is underway as the river is at 26.99 feet, above flood stage of 26. The river now could crest around 27.5 feet Wednesday and go below flood stage early Thursday.
At Neosho Rapids, moderate flooding is ongoing. The river is at 24.99 feet, above flood stage of 22. Current projections have the river cresting at 28.9 feet early Thursday — the fifth-highest on record if the river gets that high — and going below flood stage Sunday morning.
The Marais des Cygnes is also above flood at this time. The river had crested at 23.45 feet Tuesday and had fallen to the 19-foot flood stage before our latest round of rainfall. Now the river is at 21.99 feet and climbing. It could get as high as 23.3 feet later Wednesday.
Flood warnings are underway for Lyon County until 1:15 pm and for Chase and Greenwood counties until 7 pm.
TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers says more rainfall is coming Wednesday, along with a chance of severe weather, but the pattern quiets down after that.
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