Update 1:47 p.m.: The following road has been added to the list of closures:

  • Road L from Rd. 110 – 130

UPDATE 1:30 p.m.: The following roads have been added to the list of closures:

  • Road K from Rd. 190 – 210
  • Road 190 from Rd. K – K5
  • Road 220 from Rd. N – Burlingame Road
  • Road S from Rd. 190 – 200

EMPORIA (KSNT) – Over 30 roads are closed in Lyon County due to flooding.

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Topeka issued flash flood warnings for parts of Lyon County, including Emporia, southern Osage County and northwestern Franklin County.

“The way the rivers flow it’s all going to change with the influx of Cottonwood and the Neosho River, a lot of it depends on what we get west of here,” Public Relations Manager Vici Smith said.

Smith said the north side of Emporia got hit the worst with the flooding.

“I anticipate adding more (roads to the list),” Smith said. “I don’t think we’ll be able to take any of them down any time soon.”

As of 12:20 p.m., The Lyon County government has identified the following 37 roads as being closed due to flooding:

  1. Road 150 from Rd. D – E
  2. Road 170 from Rd. S – U
  3. Road 180 from Burlingame Road – N5
  4. Road G from Rd. 160 – 170
  5. Road G from Rd. 170 – 175
  6. Road H from Rd. 155 – 160
  7. Road H from Rd. 160 – 170
  8. Road 160 from Rd. G – H
  9. Road G5 from Rd. 155 – 160
  10. Road 170 from Rd. F – G
  11. Road K from Rd. 220 – 230
  12. Road 215 from Rd. F5 – H5
  13. Road 195 from Rd. K5 – L5
  14. Road X from Rd. 255 – 270
  15. Road Y from Rd. 255 – 270
  16. Road Y from Rd. 260 – 270
  17. Road Y from Rd. 270 – 280
  18. Road Z from Rd. 250 (K-170) – 270
  19. Road 210 from Burlingame Road to Road “R7”
  20. Road 220 from Burlingame Road to Road “S”
  21. Road P from Burlingame Road to Road 240
  22. Road J from Road 190 to Road 215
  23. Road 215 from Road F5 to Road J7
  24. Road 225 from Road F5 to City Limits
  25. Road K from Road 220 to Road 230
  26. Road G South of Road 50
  27. Merrick Tower (Rd. G & 170)
  28. Road 150 from Road J to Hwy. 99
  29. Road 190 L5 — M
  30. Road 190 M – N
  31. Road M 190 to 200
  32. Road N 210 – 220
  33. Road W – K-170 to 270
  34. Road M7 160-165
  35. Road 160 N-P
  36. Road N 160-170
  37. Road 200 from Burlingame Road to Road R

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