Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
531 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Kansas...

  Pottawatomie Creek near Garnett affecting Anderson 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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531 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pottawatomie Creek near Garnett.

* WHEN...From early this morning to tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, Flood waters overflow the north bank and
  flood cultivated fields north of the creek.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 5:17 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 26.4 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 28.1
    feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
    early tomorrow afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 26.0 feet.


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LAT...LON 3835 9527 3844 9512 3841 9507 3831 9525


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