Flood Warning
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...MISSOURI...
LITTLE OSAGE RIVER AT FULTON AFFECTING BOURBON COUNTY
LITTLE OSAGE NEAR HORTON AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY
MARMATON RIVER AT FORT SCOTT AFFECTING BOURBON COUNTY
MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY
OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY AFFECTING BATES AND VERNON COUNTIES
SAC RIVER NEAR CAPLINGER MILLS AFFECTING CEDAR COUNTY
.HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MARMATON AND OSAGE RIVER
BASINS WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.
Courtesy of Bates County Emergency Management
