475  
WGUS43 KTOP 021344  
FLWTOP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
844 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
NEOSHO 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/.  
 

 
 
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/EPRK1.1.ER.261002T2217Z.261003T0600Z.261003T0936Z.UU/  
844 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NEOSHO RIVER NEAR EMPORIA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE RIVER  
UPSTREAM TO DUNLAP AND DOWNSTREAM TO NEOSHO RAPIDS. AT 19.5 FEET,  
PRAIRIE STREET, NORTH OF THE BRIDGE, FLOODS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 19.3 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SAT  
1PM 1AM 1PM  
NEOSHO RIVER  
EMPORIA 19.0 16.8 FRI 6AM 18.5 19.3 16.7  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3844 9625 3847 9621 3842 9605 3838 9606  
 

 
 
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