Weather Alert in Kansas
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 5:37AM CDT until August 15 at 12:15AM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
AREAS AFFECTED: Reno, KS; Rice, KS
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Cow Creek near Hutchinson affecting Rice and Reno Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Cow Creek near Hutchinson. * WHEN...From this afternoon to early Friday morning. * IMPACTS...At 10.5 feet, There are numerous road closures northwest of Hutchinson due to high water. Low water crossing on 43rd Street just east of Pennington floods. Expect road closure on 43rd Street between Pennington to Hendricks roads. Also 69th Street floods between Wilson to Pennington roads. Then 50th Street floods between Wilson and Pennington roads. Flooding occurs along Pennington Road from Nickerson Blvd to 50th Avenue. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 5:15 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 6.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 10.3 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday afternoon. - Flood stage is 9.5 feet.
INSTRUCTION: Do not drive into flooded areas or go around barricades. Nearly two feet of water will carry most vehicles away. Turn around, don't drown. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this evening at 645 PM CDT.
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their
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