As of 9:20 p.m. Monday evening much of the high water from flash flooding that ripped through Manhattan had receded.

Riley County Emergency Preparedness Director Pat Collins confirmed at that hour that only one area was still closed to traffic, the 1100 and 1200 blocks of North Manhattan where the street had been damaged due to the flooding.

Earlier in the evening it was a different story. Collins said officially more than four inches of rain fell in a four-hour period, and the majority occurred in the first hour-and-a-half. “Most of the flooding occurred from east of KSU or on KSU and east of KSU down toward the mall area. As far as I know there wasn’t any flooding at the mall.”

There was flooding in other areas. “But some of the businesses on Poyntz, some of the businesses on Third Street, and then some of the houses around different intersections west of there had some minor flooding….water in basements, things like that.”

Officials continued to watch for other storms that impact Riley County and Manhattan overnight.

The National Weather Service confirmed a new daily rainfall record was set in Manhattan. By 7 p.m. 2.97 inches had fallen, breaking the old record of 2.91 set in 1908.

About 9 p.m. Westar Energy reported 3,300 customers without electricity, but by 9:40 that number had dropped significantly to 12.