Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
713 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

...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...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

This product along with additional weather and stream information is
available at www.weather.gov/top/.

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713 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Marais Des Cygnes River above Reading.

* WHEN...From late tonight to early 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:00 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 12.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    just after midnight tonight to a crest of 20.0 feet just
    after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage
    around sunrise.
  - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.


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LAT...LON 3856 9602 3860 9596 3853 9586 3849 9592


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