By BECKY KISER
Hays Post
Hays residents awoke to rain, thunder and lightening Saturday morning with a forecast of spring storms to continue through Tuesday night.
As of 9 a.m. today, an official 0.52 rain was recorded at the K-State Agriculture Center south of town; it’s the first precipitation event in April. And it continues to come straight down, unbuffeted by wind, although it will become breezy later today.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
840 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
…HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND…
.AN INTENSE UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS THE ROCKIES
THIS WEEKEND. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED WITH PERIODS OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY.
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TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…PHEIFER…HAYS…NESS CITY…
LA CROSSE…JETMORE…HANSTON…LARNED…ST. JOHN…STAFFORD…
MACKSVILLE…DODGE CITY…KINSLEY…LEWIS…GREENSBURG…
HAVILAND…PRATT…ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…COLDWATER…
LAKE COLDWATER…PROTECTION…MEDICINE LODGE…KIOWA
840 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS…SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS…SOUTHWEST
KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN
…CENTRAL KANSAS…ELLIS AND RUSH. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS…
BARBER…COMANCHE…EDWARDS…KIOWA…PAWNEE…PRATT AND
STAFFORD. IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS…CLARK…FORD AND HODGEMAN. IN
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS…NESS AND TREGO.
* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED.
* ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS MAY FLOOD.
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 AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.