A flash flood warning was issued for a time overnight for the areas along Wildcat Creek in Manhattan. The creek was forecast to reach 19-feet near near Scenic Drive but as of Friday morning that warning has been cancelled. However a flash flood watch remains in effect until 1 p.m. today the region including Riley and Geary counties and multiple other counties.

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Downed trees and power outages have been reported via the Northeast Kansas Regional Notification system in Wamego and Pottawatomie County.

A flash flood warning was issued until 5:15 a.m. for central Geary, southern Riley, northwestern Wabaunsee and southwestern Pottawatomie counties until 5:15 a.m by the National Weather Service. Doppler radar and automated weather gauges indicated thunderstorms has produced heavy rain across the warned area and more could occur.

At about 2 a.m. a check with the Riley County police dispatch confirmed flash flooding in Manhattan at multiple locations.

Junction City police dispatch confirmed about 2 a.m. that barricades had been put at Clarks Creek Road and K-57 Highway, and warning cones had been set out at the Ash and Washington intersection in Junction City. Other flooding problems were not reported in Junction City and Geary County at that time.