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WGUS43 KTOP 081859  
FLWTOP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
159 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
SALINE RIVER AT TESCOTT AFFECTING OTTAWA AND SALINE COUNTIES.  
 
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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159 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF  
RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...SALINE RIVER AT TESCOTT.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD.  
AT 28.5 FEET, 30TH ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE SALINE RIVER FLOODS.  
AT 29.0 FEET, SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF TESCOTT ARE AFFECTED  
BY FLOOD WATERS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 29.7 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3903 9793 3901 9784 3896 9770 3896 9780  
3899 9793  
 
 
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