Flood Warning

Flood Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
149 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025

...The National Weather Service in Topeka KS has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Kansas...

  Cottonwood 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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149 PM CDT Tue Sep 2 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Cottonwood River near Emporia.

* WHEN...From this evening to late tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, South bank of the Cottonwood River 1 mile
  south of Emporia floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:30 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 18.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 20.4 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late tonight.
  - Flood stage is 20.0 feet.


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                Fld   Obs             Forecasts
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Tue   Wed   Wed
                                      7pm   7am   7pm
Cottonwood River
Emporia         20.0  18.0  Tue 1pm   19.4  19.9  17.2


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LAT...LON 3843 9635 3838 9606 3836 9606 3835 9613
      3838 9635


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