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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
711 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER ABOVE READING AFFECTING OSAGE AND LYON
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/.
KSC111-139-280315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0014.260427T1519Z-260428T1400Z/
/RDNK1.2.ER.260427T1519Z.260427T1800Z.260428T0155Z.NO/
711 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TOMORROW
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER ABOVE READING.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER FLOOD.
AT 21.0 FEET, COUNTY ROAD Y 5 NEAR THE GAGE FLOODS, 3 MILES NORTH
OF READING.
AT 23.0 FEET, OVERLOW ON THE RIGHT BANK IS IN SEVERAL SWIFT
CHANNELS OVER ROAD Y 5, 3 MILES NORTH OF READING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 23.3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
FLD OBS FORECASTS
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE TUE
1PM 1AM 1PM
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER
READING 19.0 13.7 MON 7AM 23.3 11.8 4.4
LAT...LON 3856 9602 3860 9596 3853 9586 3849 9592
FLANAGAN
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