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FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
900 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 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.

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/EMPK1.2.ER.130731T0635Z.130804T1505Z.130808T0717Z.NO/
900 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Cottonwood River near Emporia.
* until Thursday evening.
* At  7:01 AM Tuesday the stage was 24.6 feet.
* Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by 
  early Thursday morning.
* Impact...At 24.0 feet...Highway K 99 on the south bank floods.

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900 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Neosho River Near Neosho Rapids.
* until Thursday afternoon.
* At  8:46 AM Tuesday the stage was 24.5 feet.
* Flood stage is 22.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by 
  Wednesday evening.
* Impact...At 26.0 feet...Water covers large areas over both banks.

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