WGUS83 KTOP 301338 FLSTOP FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 838 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS IN KANSAS... COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA AFFECTING LYON COUNTY NEOSHO RIVER NEAR NEOSHO RAPIDS AFFECTING COFFEY AND LYON COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. SHALLOW FLOWING WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM THE ROADWAY. ALSO, THE ROADBED MAY BE WASHED OUT UNDER THE WATER. STAY TUNED TO LATER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA. && KSC111-302138- /O.EXT.KTOP.FL.W.0004.130730T2156Z-130803T2145Z/ /EMPK1.2.ER.130730T2156Z.130731T1800Z.130803T0345Z.NO/ 838 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 7:09 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 25.0 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...HIGHWAY K 99 ON THE SOUTH BANK FLOODS. * IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...NORTH BANK OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD. LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER FROM PLYMOUTH TO NEOSHO RAPIDS. * IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...SOUTH BANK OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER 1 MILE SOUTH OF EMPORIA FLOODS. $$ KSC031-111-302138- /O.EXT.KTOP.FL.W.0005.130731T1609Z-130802T1800Z/ /NEOK1.2.ER.130731T1609Z.130801T0600Z.130802T0000Z.NO/ 838 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER NEAR NEOSHO RAPIDS. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 7:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 24.0 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...WATER OVERTOPS THE ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE NEOSHO RIVER. * IMPACT...AT 22.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER FLOOD. $$
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