UPDATE:

K-57 Highway southeast of Junction City was closed Wednesday morning due to high water, but officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon it is now open again for motorists.

The site was near Clarks Creek where high water had surged across the highwday.

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Add South Lyons Creek Road to the list of road closures in Geary County due to high water.

Geary County Emergency Management said Lyons Creek Road is closed six miles southwest of U.S. 77.

Earlier the National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Kansas River at Manhattan. The warning is in effect until Saturday morning. Minor flooding of low lands along the river is forecast.

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High water has cut across K-57 Highway at a site southeast of Junction City. KDOT has closed the highway at that location, which is just east of the Clarks Creek Road interchange.

Just before 8 a.m. former county commissioner Florence Whitebread notified JC Post that Clarks Creek had gone over the top of K-57. “It just casme up very rapidly. ” Whitebread resides near that area.

Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges also notified JC Post to report that the main concern was K-57 just east of Clarks Creek Road where major water was going across the highway. KDOT was contacted to respond and law enforcement were on scene. “I’ve got water across areas along Lower McDowell Creek Road, Humboldt Creek Road where the creek is close to the roadway.” Berges also reported that there was water going across in the area of U.S. 77 and Old Milford Lake Road. He said it was runoff water from a nearby hill.

Motorists were urged to be careful, and if the water is completely covering a roadway avoid that area.