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FLWTOP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
743 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2025
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OTTAWA KS-
743 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, OTTAWA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM CDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT
WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO
WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 742 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING. BETWEEN 3 AND 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TESCOTT, CULVER AND ADA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3896 9772 3896 9793 3899 9793 3900 9793
3912 9793 3913 9793 3922 9793
BD
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