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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
559 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER ABOVE READING AFFECTING LYON AND OSAGE
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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559 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER ABOVE READING.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 20.5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3856 9602 3860 9596 3853 9586 3849 9592
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