Catching a break from the rain and floodwater has not been an option for several communities in southeastern KELOLAND. Driving around rainy Rock Rapids Monday night, you could spot a few sandbags.
"Some of the creeks are going to be coming out of their banks, and probably the best thing to do is start planning for possible flooding, because if it does, it's going to pop quick, so the decision was made to start sandbagging the low areas as a precautionary, not necessarily a threat, but more precautionary," said Arden Kopischke, Lyon County emergency management coordinator.
They'll see what the weather brings.
"Now we're just kind of holding pattern and see what the river's going to do to us," Kopischke said.
Kopischke says there's already a lot of water in this ground.
"This year, everything is so saturated that it does not take much for the water to rise, so we always need everybody to be aware of that water level and the rain that's coming down," Kopischke said.
It doesn't take long for floodwater to come knocking.
"Just get ahead of the game, just because it can come so quick because of the flash flooding, and everything being saturated and actually last week when it was actually flooding, it'll just come that quick again," Kopischke said.
You can stay on top of the changing weather conditions by downloading our freeKELOLAND Storm Tracker app.
If you have pictures or a short video of flooding in your area, you can share those through ushare@keloland.com or use the social media hashtag #kelonews.
"Some of the creeks are going to be coming out of their banks, and probably the best thing to do is start planning for possible flooding, because if it does, it's going to pop quick, so the decision was made to start sandbagging the low areas as a precautionary, not necessarily a threat, but more precautionary," said Arden Kopischke, Lyon County emergency management coordinator.
They'll see what the weather brings.
"Now we're just kind of holding pattern and see what the river's going to do to us," Kopischke said.
Kopischke says there's already a lot of water in this ground.
"This year, everything is so saturated that it does not take much for the water to rise, so we always need everybody to be aware of that water level and the rain that's coming down," Kopischke said.
It doesn't take long for floodwater to come knocking.
"Just get ahead of the game, just because it can come so quick because of the flash flooding, and everything being saturated and actually last week when it was actually flooding, it'll just come that quick again," Kopischke said.
You can stay on top of the changing weather conditions by downloading our freeKELOLAND Storm Tracker app.
If you have pictures or a short video of flooding in your area, you can share those through ushare@keloland.com or use the social media hashtag #kelonews.
