More than eight inches of rain fell in one day in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, Kansas, earlier this week, causing flash flooding throughout the region.
According to Fox 4 Kansas City, the calls that came included one for a woman who was briefly swept downriver.
The Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department reports Thursday they received 89 calls for service, 40 of them being water rescues, in just seven hours due to severe weather in the area overnight.
One of the 40 water rescue calls included a woman being washed away by floodwater near a trailer park in KCK. The woman was clinging to a tree in a creek when rescued.
KCKFD says that the 60-year-old woman was living in a camp near Hillside Crossing trailer park in the area of N. 63rd Terrace and State Avenue when she was swept into a nearby creek. She managed to grab onto a tree, keeping herself above water until the water levels receded. KCKFD says that’s when she was able to climb out of the creek and return to the park.
Despite the dramatic incident, KCKFD says the woman was evaluated at the scene with minor scrapes on her arms. The woman declined further treatment, as well as transport to the hospital.
But another interesting side effect from the storms came in the area’s parks system, where things were washed up in places they typically wouldn’t be.
For example, many of the lakes in Olathe and nearby Shawnee are surrounded by parks and those who were out for dog walks had to deal with paths that were suddenly submerged.
And one private golf club, Shadow Glen, had another issue as debris floated into foreign parts of the property.
According to a story at the Kansas City Star, multiple fish found their way into bunkers on the course, a 7,051-yard, par 72 layout that was designed by the unique team of Tom Watson, Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish.
Here’s more from the Star:
Shadow Glen Golf Club in Olathe, had to close too. Erik Harvey, the golf club’s food and beverage manager, said Hole 13 was severely flooded. A lake and creek border the course, which overflowed during the downpour. The first 9 holes are open to play, but the rest remain under maintenance.
There are even fish in the bunkers.
“If I had to guess, we’re going to have to have the course maintenance team get some nets and maybe buckets and travel them back on over to the lake,” Harvey said. “Hopefully, they’re alright. I don’t know.”
Flood warnings were still in effect through Saturday afternoon.
