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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
756 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA AFFECTING LYON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/.
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756 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, SOUTH BANK OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER 1 MILE
SOUTH OF EMPORIA FLOODS.
AT 23.0 FEET, NORTH BANK OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD.
LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER FROM PLYMOUTH
TO NEOSHO RAPIDS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 21.9 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3843 9635 3838 9606 3836 9606 3835 9613
3838 9635
NG
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