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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
849 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 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/.
KSC111-271700-
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849 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO TOMORROW
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, SOUTH BANK OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER 1 MILE
SOUTH OF EMPORIA FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.0
FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3843 9635 3838 9606 3836 9606 3835 9613
3838 9635
CP
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