FLASH FLOOD WATCH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE STARTING THIS MORNING AS A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DROPS SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES AFFECTS THE REGION. SATURATED GROUNDS DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL ONLY HEIGHTEN THE FLOODING POTENTIAL BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL KANSAS... BARTON...ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN...MCPHERSON...RICE...RUSSELL AND SALINE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...HARVEY...RENO...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS SERIES OF STORMS WILL ONLY HEIGHTEN THE FLOODING THREAT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FLOODING THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND FLOODING OF CITY STREETS. SUSTAINED HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO LEAD TO RAPID RISES AND FLOODING OF RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:04:28 +0000
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