By SALINA POST
Flood warnings have been issued Thursday afternoon in Saline and Marion counties.
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a flood warning for small streams in southeastern Saline County until 8:30 a.m. Friday. This includes the following streams and drainages.
Gypsum Creek
Spring Creek
McAllister Creek
Hobbs Creek.
At 2:34 p.m. CDT, Saline County emergency management reported flooding in the warned area. Hobbs Creek Road is under water by 3 feet between Gypsum Valley Road and Donmyer Road. This is due to Gypsum Creek running out of its banks from heavy rainfall occurring in the upper part of the basin from rains earlier this morning.
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a flood warning for the Cottonwood River near Florence in Marion County from Thursday evening to early Friday afternoon.
At 2:15 p.m. CDT Thursday the river level was 14.0 feet. Flood stage is 22.0 feet. Minor flooding is forecast.
The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 24.0 feet just after midnight.
At 24.0 feet, outside the levee system in southeast Florence, flood waters flow across Park Avenue Road and reach the foundation of a residential home.
Additionally, the National Weather Service in Wichita has extended the flood warning for Marion County as a whole until noon Friday.
Some locations that will experience flooding include Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Florence, Goessel, Burns, Lincolnville, Ramona, Lehigh, Durham, Tampa, Lost Springs, Marion Lake, and Pilsen.