6/3/2025 4:10:00 PM until 6/4/2025 7:15:00 AM

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The National Weather Service in Topeka KS has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Cottonwood River near Emporia affecting Lyon County. Neosho River near Emporia affecting Lyon County. Neosho River near Americus affecting Lyon County. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Cottonwood River near Emporia. * WHEN...Until late Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, South bank of the Cottonwood River 1 mile south of Emporia floods. 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. At 24.0 feet, Highway K 99 on the south bank floods. At 25.5 feet, Highway K 99 on the north bank begins to flood. At 26.5 feet, Water reaches low steel of Old K 99 bridge over the Cottonwood River. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 3:30 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 16.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 26.0 feet early Thursday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday afternoon. - Flood stage is 20.0 feet.