FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
956 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS IN KANSAS...

POTTAWATOMIE CREEK AT LANE AFFECTING FRANKLIN COUNTY
POTTAWATOMIE CREEK NEAR SCIPIO 1SE AFFECTING ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES

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.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE POTTAWATOMIE CREEK AT LANE.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 (ESTIMATED) FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 25.3 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 25.0 FEET...CLOUD ROAD...ALSO KNOWN AS THE ROAD TO RICHMOND FLOODS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA, KS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE POTTAWATOMIE CREEK NEAR SCIPIO 1SE.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 26.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 25.6 FEET...FARMERS FIELDS TO THE SOUTH OF THE CREEK NEAR OHIO ROAD FLOODS.