Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Topeka, KS
Areas Affected: Dickinson, KS; Geary, KS; Morris, KS
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Thursday 12:11am CDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 12:11am CDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 9:00am CDT
Event Onset: Thursday 12:11am CDT
Event Ends: Thursday 9:00am CDT
Issued by: NWS Topeka KS
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is occurring. * WHERE...Portions of Dickinson, Geary and Morris counties. * WHEN...Until 900 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1209 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to earlier thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Junction City, Abilene, Grandview Plaza, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise, White City, Woodbine, Latimer and Moonlight. - This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 300. This will replace the flash flood warnings set to expire at 12:15 AM CDT.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eeb857c65872e2f161d7db828894c2779524c92a.001.1 Codes: KSC041, KSC061, KSC127 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eeb857c65872e2f161d7db828894c2779524c92a.001.1