Category Archives: Weather
FLOODS: List of Lyon County road openings continues to grow Tuesday
Lyon County's road network is getting closer to being fully reopened. That's largely thanks to the Lyon County Highway Department which has been hard at work removing barricades from various county ro...
Jun 08, 2025 Row crops remain flooded in pockets south of Emporia after heavy rainfall last week. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
FLOODS: Kansas Department of Transportation reopens Kansas Highway 99 South of Emporia Saturday afternoon
Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia is back open to traffic. The Kansas Department of Transportation reopened the roadway for the first time since midweek after torrential rainfall led to major floodin...
Jun 07, 2025
FLOOD: Warning for Neosho River extended through Monday
While river levels are dropping, the length of one flood warning is extending. The National Weather Service has extended a flood warning for the Neosho River at Neosho Rapids until late Monday morning...
Jun 06, 2025 Drivers are reminded it is illegal to drive around barricades on roads and are asked not to drive through flooded roadways if they come across them. KVOE News file photo.
Drought ends areawide
It took a foot or more of rainfall over nearly three weeks, but drought has ended across the entire KVOE listening area. The US Drought Monitor shows no drought of any level for Lyon and surrounding c...
Jun 05, 2025 US Drought Monitor map.
FLOODS: Chase County Sheriff's Office responds to fourth water rescue in two days Thursday afternoon; Kansas Highway 177 reopens to traffic
Travel adjustments are still in place for many roadways and water rescues have been occurring frequently across portions of the KVOE listening area since torrential rainfall led to significant floodin...
Jun 05, 2025 Chase County Sheriff's Office photo.
FLOODS: Two water rescues in Strong City; portions of K-99 and K-177 remain closed
River-based flooding continues to impact much of the KVOE listening area after heavy rainfall Tuesday. Emporia Fire was called to a water rescue on Road C north of US Highway 50 on Wednesday morning. ...
Jun 04, 2025 Firefighters bring one person from a Strong City residence through a flood zone to safety Wednesday. Jenny Wagers.
WEATHER ALERTS through June 11, 2025
The National Weather Service has issued weather alerts for area counties. *The Neosho River at Neosho Rapids is in a flood warning until late Wednesday night as minor flooding is underway. The river i...
Jun 03, 2025 KVOE News graphic.
WEATHER: K-99 closed north of Emporia due to flooding
Kansas Highway 99 is closed north of Emporia and may well close south of town later this week due to extremely heavy rainfall and related flooding. The Kansas Department of Transportation has closed K...
Jun 03, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Flood watch issued for Lyon, all surrounding counties
Chances of heavy rainfall by Tuesday have prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood watch for Lyon and surrounding counties. The watch is from 7 am Tuesday to 7 am Wednesday. Storms could...
Jun 02, 2025 National Weather Service graphic.
UNBOUND GRAVEL: From participation numbers to finish times, records abound in Emporia
The biggest gravel cycling showcase in the world did not disappoint over the past week. 1 am Sunday Unbound Gravel had its biggest field ever with over 5,000 cyclists. Part of that was the biggest fie...
May 31, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
