Greene County didn’t get the damaging winds and large hail that nearby counties to the south received Wednesday night, but the county’s secondary roads crews will be busy for the next two or three days dealing with the impact the storm had on county roads.
According to county engineer Wade Weiss, county crews worked from 10:30 Wednesday night through 4:30 Thursday morning putting up warning signs where water was over the road. After short naps, they returned to work at 7 am to continue with signage. Weiss said the water started receding at about 8:30, and that’s when crews starting hauling gravel and repairing damage.
“It’s hard to tell. It depends on so many different things… the Raccoon River, other rain north of here,” Weiss said about how long the work may take.
He said there was water over the road in more than 200 locations around the county. The northern townships – Cedar, Highland, Dawson and Paton – seemed to have fewer overtopped roads. This photo was taken in Jackson Township where 270th St crosses Greenbrier Creek.
Volunteer weather observer John Beltz reported 3.85 inches of rain from 6 am Wednesday to 6 am Thursday in his rain gauge on Highway 30 west of Jefferson. He said there was another .82 inches in the two days prior, making a three-day total of 4.67 inches.
