National Weather Service meteorologist Chad Omitt informed Geary County Emergency Management on Wednesday that confidence is increasing that there will be repeated bouts of widespread heavy rains this weekend.

Storms will begin Wednesday night across areas mainly north of Interstate 70, but they are most concerned about the rains this weekend.

A key piece of information is that widespread two to four inch amounts are expected by early next week.

Gerry Berges, Geary County Emergency Management Director, addressed the potential for flooding. “Ground is still very saturated from the last couple weeks of rain. With the amount of water that’s in a lot of our creeks and rivers right now flooding is going to be our main concern.”