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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Topeka KS

350 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



...The National Weather Service in Topeka KS has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Kansas...



  Marais Des Cygnes River at Ottawa affecting Franklin 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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350 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TUESDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Marais Des Cygnes River at Ottawa.



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



* IMPACTS...At 30.0 feet, Neosho Road east of Ottawa floods.

  At 31.0 feet, Lowland areas near the river continue to flood.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 3:30 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 12.2 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late this evening to a crest of 31.1 feet tomorrow morning.

    It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon.

  - Flood stage is 30.0 feet.





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LAT...LON 3863 9551 3862 9507 3852 9507 3856 9514

      3858 9551





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