Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
Areas Affected: Atchison, KS; Leavenworth, KS
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 10:24am CDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 10:24am CDT
Alert Expires: Monday 10:30am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Monday 1:40pm CDT
Event Ends: Wednesday 1:15am CDT
Issued by: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Leavenworth and Atchison Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Stranger Creek at Easton. * WHEN...From Monday afternoon to early Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Water enters low-lying fields south of Easton. At 18.0 feet, 1st street in Easton and 231st street north and south of Easton begin to flood. At 19.5 feet, Highway 192 just east of Easton is closed due to swift current of water over the road. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:30 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 2.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 17.8 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2026bd9368ea5ea173e863a675e0935dbd589371.001.1 Codes: KSC005, KSC103 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2026bd9368ea5ea173e863a675e0935dbd589371.001.1