The National Weather Service in Wichita KS has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Cow Creek near Hutchinson affecting Rice and Reno Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive into flooded areas or go around barricades. Nearly two feet of water will carry most vehicles away. Turn around, don't drown.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Cow Creek near Hutchinson.
* WHEN...From late tonight to early Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 9.5 feet, Fields and cropland along the creek floods.
Sections of Sallee Rd floods between 82nd Ave to 108th Ave. Also 95th Ave floods between Dean and Sallee Roads. Expect road closures.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 12:15 PM CST Wednesday the stage was 9.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tonight to a crest of 9.6 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon.
- Flood stage is 9.5 feet.