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City of Independence, Kansas
Thursday August 27th, 2015 :: 10:06 a.m. CDT

Advisory

FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT THURSDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 959 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHICH
WILL CAUSE FLOODING. UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

Address/Location
City of Independence, Kansas
120 N 6th St
Independence, KS 67301

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-332-2506

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