Street closures due to high water near Iowa and Penn

Heard on: Ness KS Fire Dispatch Group Calls

01:12

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Hey, five and S, it looks like all the flooding down here is completely subsided to the ditches.

00:06

I am going to go ahead and move.

00:07

I'll be ten twenty-four tonight.

00:12

Ten forty-five, twenty-two thirty-eight.

00:16

Eighty-six S.

00:19

Eighty-six, go ahead.

00:22

All the water drained is between Iowa and Penn Street is still moving pretty heavily.

00:30

All those side streets are going to be shut down

00:35

probably for the next four or 5 h until this water drains out.

00:43

Ten four, twenty-two thirty-nine.

00:47

Emergency traffic will have to go to Sycamore Street and go south if we need to get around this.

00:58

10-4, all of 5 EMS, 2240.

01:04

Yes, hold off on advisements until we have emergency traffic.

01:07

Do we need to let them know?

01:10

20-40.

6/20/2026 08:37 PM

Road Closure

S Iowa Ave, Ness City, KS 67560

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports that earlier flooding has mostly drained into ditches, but water between Iowa and Penn Street is still flowing heavily. Side streets in that area are expected to remain closed for several hours, and emergency traffic is being detoured south via Sycamore Street.