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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
235 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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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235 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, SOUTH BANK OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER 1 MILE
SOUTH OF EMPORIA FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 PM CST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 21.4
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3843 9635 3838 9606 3836 9606 3835 9613
3838 9635
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