The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Flood Watch for portions of central Kansas, including Ellis and Trego Counties effective tonight through Sunday evening. Russell County is in a flood watch from Saturday evening through Monday morning.
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1140 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2016
…HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND…
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE HIGH PLAINS
OVER THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED STARTING TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY.
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TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
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
1140 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2016
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH 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.
* LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
* 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.