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By CRISTINA JANNEY 
Hays Post

Northeast Ellis County experienced flash flooding Monday morning after a storm dumped 5 inches of the rain on the area.

Bill Ring, Ellis County public works director, said he was called out about 4:30 a.m. by deputies who reported water running over roads in the county.

Ring and the sheriff’s office said as of 9 a.m. the water was quickly receding. No roads were reported closed, but some portions of roads could be blocked with cones.

Ring said drivers should continue to be cautious as streams could still cause problems as runoff funnels into waterways. He also said some roads could be damaged because of the flood waters. He urged local residents to call the county public works department at 785-628-9455 to report damage.

No major property damage was reported and no one was injured, Ring said.

The official rain report for the last 24 hours for Hays from the K-State Research and Extension station was a trace of rain.

Ring urged drivers to continue to always follow the motto, “Turn around, don’t drown.”