Flood Warning

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Kansas...

Neosho River near Parsons affecting Labette and Neosho Counties.

Neosho River at Oswego affecting Labette and Cherokee Counties.

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Neosho River near Parsons.

* WHEN...From this morning to tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 23.0 feet, Flood waters spread over fields to a distance of 1 and one fourth miles. Several county roads, mainly along the left bank are inundated. Several residents which live along the right bank in the vicinity of Highway 400 may experience water entering their homes at basement levels.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1:30 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 12.1 feet and rising. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this morning to a crest of 24.1 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 21.0 feet.