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FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
1254 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
KANSAS...  
 
SALT CREEK NEAR LYNDON AFFECTING OSAGE COUNTY.  
 
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/.  
 
 
 
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1254 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SALT CREEK NEAR LYNDON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING BEGINS IN FARM  
FIELD JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 75 BRIDGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 12:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.2  
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3862 9573 3862 9551 3858 9551 3858 9573  
 
 
 
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/O.EXT.KTOP.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260428T2044Z/  
/RDNK1.2.ER.260427T1419Z.260428T0000Z.260428T0844Z.NO/  
1254 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER ABOVE READING.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* 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 12:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.6  
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3856 9602 3860 9596 3853 9586 3849 9592  
 
 
 
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