National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a flood warning in effect from Tuesday evening to early Thursday morning for the Cottonwood River near Florence in Marion County.
Minor flooding is forecast.
The river is expected to rise above flood stage Tuesday evening to a crest of 24.1 feet Wednesday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Wednesday afternoon. Flood stage is 22.0 feet.
At 24.0 feet, outside the levee system in southeast Florence, floodwaters flow across Park Avenue Road and reach the foundation of a residential home. Northwest of Florence, the bridge on 140th Road and 1/2 mile west of U.S. Highway 77 floods.