Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kansas - Kaw River & Missouri River Flooding ~ 07/14/2011

The Missouri River is like a cup that is filled almost to the top, and a little more water may cause a little overflow. Kansas City, Kan., remained under flood warnings from the Missouri and Kansas rivers on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service, but for the most part the area was fortunate in no new reports of extensive flooding as of early Sunday evening. The Army Corps of Engineers reported Sunday night that the federal levees are continuing to hold in this area. The Missouri River flood warning could hover over and under the flood stage all week, while the Kansas River flood warning is projected to end on Thursday. The National Weather Service stated that these forecasts were revised a little since this morning's forecast. There was additional rain on Sunday here, and also some rain in Nebraska, over 2 inches in places, that may be coming into the Missouri River soon. Also, the weather service said that the upstream levee breaches have reached or are nearing capacity, which will allow an increase of water flowing back along the Missouri River. There are small decreases and small increases in the river elevation during the next one or two days. The Missouri River at Kansas City was 31.93 feet at 7:30 p.m. July 3, and was predicted to level out for several days around 32 feet before declining on Friday, July 8, according to the weather service prediction. The Kansas River at West 23rd Street in the Armourdale area of KCK was at 33.6 feet at 7:45 p.m. Sunday evening and was projected to remain in the 33 feet area until it drops Wednesday or Thursday, according to the weather service. At DeSoto, the Kansas River is low, at 6.2 feet. The Corps of Engineers is sending only low flows from the Kansas reservoirs down the Kansas River. The Missouri River at I-435 in Wyandotte County remained the most visible flooding in the county on Sunday. The flooding there looked similar to Saturday's flooding. Turkey Creek at Southwest Boulevard spiked up to 48 feet on Sunday before falling. No flooding was observed on or south of Wolcott Drive in Wyandotte County on Sunday evening. Parts of Wolcott Drive are flooded in Leavenworth County, where the road is closed. Part of Lakeside Speedway has been under water for a few days north of Wolcott Drive in Kansas City, Kan. No flooding was observed south of the railroad tracks or on Dickinson Road at the Nearman bottoms in Kansas City, Kan., on Sunday evening. Kaw Point Park was flooded in eastern Kansas City, Kan., at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, but the flooding was on the banks, not up to flood walls.

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[999Atwood]

I crossed the Missouri river on I-435 on the west side of Kansas City a few days ago. I've never smelled such a fowl oder in a long time. I would hate to live near it.