BARTON COUNTY – Heavy rain on Monday brought flood conditions to portions of Great Bend.

Just after 4 p.m. on Monday, the National Weather Service reported a slow moving storm was moving into central Kansas and could bring heavy rain and localized flooding to western Barton County and Great Bend.

A short time later, rain was falling at a rate of 4-inches per hour according to the National Weather Service.

The heavy rain prompted Otis Bison Schools in Rush County north of Great Bend to use mud routes on Tuesday.

Check Hays Post for additional details on rainfall totals as they become available.