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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
638 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026
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DOUGLAS KS-JACKSON KS-JEFFERSON KS-SHAWNEE KS-
638 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS, DOUGLAS AND
SHAWNEE. IN NORTHEAST KANSAS, JACKSON AND JEFFERSON.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 636 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING.
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOPEKA, LAWRENCE, VALLEY FALLS, ROSSVILLE, OSKALOOSA,
TECUMSEH, DOVER, SILVER LAKE, AUBURN, PERRY, MCLOUTH,
MERIDEN, HOYT, OZAWKIE, LECOMPTON, CLINTON, WINCHESTER,
MAYETTA, DENISON AND DELIA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 347 AND 355.
KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 205.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3947 9557 3942 9557 3942 9518 3890 9518
3891 9594 3909 9594 3912 9601 3913 9599
3913 9603 3931 9603
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