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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
201 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and
increased in duration 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.

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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201 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Neosho River near Emporia.

* WHEN...From late tonight to Wednesday morning.

* 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 12:22 PM CDT Monday the stage was 10.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    just after midnight tonight to a crest of 22.5 feet early
    tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
    tomorrow evening.
  - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.


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


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