The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Wildcat Creek. They are also advising people in Keats that sustained flooding in 2018,  to evacuate now.

The flood warning for Wildcat Creek at Manhattan Scenic Drive will run until late tonight. At 4;15 a.m. Wednesday the stage was 11.1 feet. The flood stage is 14 feet. Moderate flooding is forecast.

Manhattan Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes told Little Apple Post the emergency operations center has been ramped up and officials are monitoring the situation. In Manhattan residents at Highland Ridge that their parking lot is predicted to get wet, based on the National Weather Service predicted crest of 21 feet. “Which doesn’t get us into those buildings but does get the parking lot wet. We’ve also set off the flood advisory sirens to let people in the Wildcat Creek basin know that there is a flood warning for the area, and to get themselves ready. For sure move their cars out and then be on the watch to see what happens from here.”

Almes confirmed just before 6 a.m. Keats was not yet a problem at that time, but authorities were certainly watching to see how much water is coming down from the north.