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FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
129 PM CST SUN MAR 07 2004

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS. 

FOR THE COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR EMPORIA...
 MODERATE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING...WITH A STAGE OF 24.5 FEET MEASURED
AT 11 AM SUNDAY.
FLOOD STAGE IS...20.0 FEET.
 THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY EARLY 
AFTERNOON.

AT 24.0 FEET...HIGHWAY K-99 ON SOUTH BANK FLOODS.  

FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER NEAR NEOSHO RAPIDS...
 MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING...WITH A STAGE OF 24.3 FEET MEASURED AT
7 AM SUNDAY.
FLOOD STAGE IS...22.0 FEET.
 THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY EARLY 
AFTERNOON.

AT 22.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER FLOOD.  

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.  

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