Flood Warning until 11:00PM Sunday
* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of south central Kansas, including the following counties, Barber, Comanche and Kiowa.
* WHEN...Until 1100 PM CDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1104 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Medicine Lodge, Coldwater, Greensburg, Protection, Mullinville, Hardtner, Lake City, Wilmore, Sun City, Aetna, Belvidere, Lake Coldwater and Buttermilk. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
* AFFECTED AREAS: BARBER, KS ... COMANCHE, KS ... KIOWA, KS
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe.
Address/Location
City of Medicine Lodge, KS
114 W 1st Ave
Medicine Lodge, KS 67104
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-886-3908
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP BARBER followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Warning