Weather Alert in Kansas
Flood Warning issued March 7 at 4:50AM CST until March 10 at 5:38PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
AREAS AFFECTED: Linn, KS
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Kansas... Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne affecting Linn County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, Low lying farmland and other rural land floods. At 30.0 feet, Highway 152 floods 0.75 miles west of La Cygne. If Middle Creek is also flooding Highway 152, the only route into or out of La Cygne will be the County Road, or 4th Street, leading north from La Cygne. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:15 AM CST Saturday the stage was 21.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 28.1 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage Monday afternoon. - Flood stage is 25.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
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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
fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.
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the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally
an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a
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It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do
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