The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from Tuesday evening through Wednesday evening for multiple counties in north central and northeast Kansas, but Geary County is not one of them.

The watch covers Riley, Clay, Pottawatomie, Nemaha, Cloud, Marshall, Washington, Republic and Ottawa counties.

Recent snow melt has caused elevated levels on area rivers. New rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches along with more snow melt could cause rivers to go into flood. The better chances for flooding will be along the Republican, Solomon, Big Blue and Little Blue Rivers.

As for Geary County, the forecast does include a strong chance of rain Monday night through Thursday.