…The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas…
Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Leavenworth and Atchison
Counties.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Stranger Creek at Easton.
* WHEN…From late Tuesday night to late Thursday 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 2.7 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Wednesday morning to a crest of 17.5 feet Wednesday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Wednesday
morning.
– Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood