Tag: weather
The Iola Municipal Pool will not open Monday as previously scheduled. Stormy weather, which flooded portions of Riverside Park, prompted city officials to empty the pool of chemicals and other equipment, Assistant City Administrator Corey…
Overflowing rivers and reservoirs across Kansas are already producing significant flooding, particularly in the southeast corner of the state. But, forecasters say, things could get much worse over the next several days as slow-moving thunderstorms…
The National Weather Service is investigating why a warning wasnt issued for a small northeast Kansas town when a tornado hit the city. The Kansas City Star reports that the EF1 tornado developed early Friday…
Iola dodged a Mother Nature-sized bullet Wednesday, with a line of severe and tornadic thunderstorms skirting eastern Kansas but missing Allen County. Residents continue to watch anxiously, knowing the next torrential downpour could wreak…
The Neosho rises nearly to the top of the Marsh arch bridge at Humboldt; the park itself was under water.Just .40 inches of rain fell Wednesday, bringing the months total to 13.14 inches. The Neosho…
With the recent onslaught of rain, local farmers are hopeful its short-lived. Shawn Geffert, whose farms include much of the envied rich river bottom soil, is not too distraught: Id rather have it wet than…
Iolan Shayne Shaughnessy set up his own version of an early flood warning system. About a half block from his home at the intersection of South Washington and Rock, Shaughnessy placed a small orange flag. …
Long before tornado warnings were issued Monday afternoon in Coffeyville and Pittsburg, Allen County Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Trego was participating in a conference call with the National Weather Service out of the Wichita region.…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Much of Kansas remains under flood warnings or watches as heavy rains are expected to push streams and rivers out of their banks. The National Weather Service says more than 3.5…
PAOLA, Kan. (AP) The National Weather Service says a tornado near the eastern Kansas town of Paola was a small one, but it was still enough to cause damage. The Kansas City Star reports…
