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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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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.



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                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



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


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