Weather Alert in Kansas
Flood Warning issued August 28 at 3:12AM CDT until August 30 at 3:17AM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
AREAS AFFECTED: Butler, KS
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Whitewater River at Towanda affecting Butler County. Whitewater River at Augusta affecting Cowley and Butler Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Whitewater River at Towanda. * WHEN...From this afternoon to early Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, Flooding over cropland becomes more widespread. County roads flood at Southwest 40th Street on low spots near the river about 2 miles downstream of gage and along Southwest 60th Street just west of Fulton Road near the river located 4 miles south of Towanda. Further downstream, 5 miles south of Towanda, expect flooding across Southwest 70th Street near the river. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 2:30 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 1.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 24.6 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 22.0 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. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 315 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
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their
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