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Independence Flood Update 11:35pm Sunday

 

FLOOD UPDATE FOR INDEPENDENCE (11:35 p.m., Sunday) 

 

RIVER NOW EXCEEDS PREVIOUS FORECAST CREST LEVEL

 

The Montgomery County Chronicle reports...

 

We just checked the Verdigris River forecast for Independence. It appears the National Weather Services issues a forecast every six hours. Readings at the river gauge are taken every five minutes. Knowing those details, it's important to realize that the forecasts take into consideration information at a given moment in time. Factors can change between the time that every six-hour forecasts are made.

 

The river forecast that was made mid-evening Sunday anticipated a crest of the Verdigris River at 44.1 feet by 8 a.m., Monday. However, the flow of water in the river now exceeds what the forecast anticipated. At 11 p.m., the river gauge measured 44.41 feet, meaning the river has now exceeded the anticipated crest level.

 

The National Weather Service forecast will release a new river forecast early Monday with an updated crest height. The volume of water along the Verdigris River in Independence is tremendous. The river has risen almost nine feet in a 24-hour span, primarily due to unprecedented releases of water from Fall River and Toronto reservoirs on Friday and Saturday.

 

As a result, flooding is now occurring in some residential areas of Independence.

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