Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
Areas Affected: Atchison, KS; Leavenworth, KS
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Friday 3:50pm CDT
Alert Effective: Friday 3:50pm CDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 4:00pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Friday 3:50pm CDT
Event Ends: Sunday 3:36am CDT
Issued by: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Atchison and Leavenworth Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Stranger Creek at Easton. * WHEN...Until early Sunday 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. At 20.0 feet, All roads out of Easton except for highway 192 west of 231st street in Easton are closed. In addition, water covers Millwood Road, 3 miles north of Easton. Water depth is 6 inches across the eastbound lane. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 3:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 16.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 18.3 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late tonight. - 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.fe397b5582d2895c3c206b21437e60ca32e8acf1.001.1 Codes: KSC005, KSC103 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fe397b5582d2895c3c206b21437e60ca32e8acf1.001.1