Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 15:17:38 EDT
Summary: Twelve streamflow gaging stations in Kansas are above flood stage and more sites are forecast to exceed flood stage this weekend in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
USGS Kansas Water Science Center currently has 6 field crews out measuring and sampling flood waters in the Kansas River watershed.
Twelve streamflow gaging stations in Kansas are above flood stage http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/index.php?r=ks&id=flood-table and more sites are forecast NWS to exceed flood stage this weekend in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Much of the Kansas River watershed in Kansas and Nebraska received 2 to more than 6 inches of in the past 24 hours. Additional rain and flooding is forecast through Monday. Current flood conditions and the NWS forecasts are available at http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/?m=flood&r=ks&w=map. Sites exceeding flood stage at 1 p.m. 6-5-15 are: Turkey Creek near Seneca, Republican River at Clay Center, Big Blue River near Marysville and Blue Rapids, Little Blue River near Barnes, Black Vermillion River near Frankfort, Cross Creek at Rossville, Soldier Creek near Delia, Mill Creek near Washington, Delaware River near Muscotah, Kansas River at LeCompton and Marais des Cygnes near Pomona. For more information on flooding and high streamflow conditions in Kansas http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/new/index.php?m=flood&r=ks&w=map