(KMZA)--Repair work is beginning at the Sabetha dam that was at the center of a flash flood warning issued last week.

According to a release from Brown County Emergency Management Coordinator James Stuart, the water level of the Sabetha Lake has fallen to a level that allows for work to be conducted in order to make the dam safe.

The lowered lake level follows a break from recent heavy rainfall.

Stuart said more extensive repairs are planned at a later date, weather permitting.

The current status of the dam will also allow for the future reopening of the 220th and Bittersweet Road area that has been closed for precautionary reasons based on possible dam failure.

As of last week, a sink hole that developed below the watershed dam was receding. On Friday, Nemaha County Emergency Preparedness Director Russel Lierz said the sinkhole was two feet lower, and the inflow into the dam area had returned to normal.

The dam is located a mile south of Sabetha, in Nemaha County, Kansas, above the Sabetha wastewater plant.

Due to flooding concerns, the National Weather Service, on the afternoon of May 30, issued a Flash Flood Warning that called the failure of the dam “imminent.”

The Emergency Alert System was also activated at that time.

However, that claim was disputed by both local and state officials, with Lierz saying no breach was imminent.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued a statement saying that maps developed by the agency showed that areas the weather service claimed would be impacted by flooding were not accurate.

MSC News has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Weather Service seeking details regarding the issuance of the warning.