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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
544 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
...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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544 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, SOUTH BANK OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER 1 MILE
SOUTH OF EMPORIA FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 AM CST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.4
FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3843 9635 3838 9606 3836 9606 3835 9613
3838 9635
GARGAN
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