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Flooding Update

Here is the latest from the NWS on our Kansas counties... Jefferson and Jackson:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
JACKSON AND JEFFERSON

AT 450 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY PRIMARY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS FLOODED IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. MOST COUNTY ROADS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WERE FLOODED AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 16 BETWEEN HOLTON AND BIRMINGHAM AND ALSO NEAR DENISON. SEVERAL HIGHWAYS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WERE FLOODED IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 59...92...AND 16.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSKALOOSA... HOLTON... MERIDEN... MCLOUTH... OZAWKIE... DELIA... HOYT... WINCHESTER... MAYETTA... VALLEY FALLS... DENISON... NORTONVILLE... CIRCLEVILLE... SOLDIER... PERRY LAKE AND POTAWATOMI RESERVATION.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Posted by at October 2, 2005 5:06 AM