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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 

512 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FROM 

IOLA SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. 



FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, INCLUDING IOLA...CHANUTE...ERIE...

PARSONS...OSWEGO, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING, WITH MODERATE FLOODING FORECAST.



FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER NEAR IOLA, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 17 FEET AT 01 AM SATURDAY.

THE NEOSHO RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 20.0 BY 8 AM THIS 

MORNING, WITH A CREST OF 21.2 EXPECTED THIS EVENING, WHICH IS 1.2 FEET ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE.  THE RIVER IS THEN EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. AT 

20.0 FEET, OVERFLOWS BEGIN AROUND THE IOLA AREA.  



FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER NEAR CHANUTE, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 20.6 FEET AT 01 AM 

SATURDAY.  THE NEOSHO RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 23.0 BY

10 AM THIS MORNING, WITH A CREST OF 25.9 EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, WHICH IS 

2.9 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THE RIVER IS THEN EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT 24.0 FEET, THE RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW.  



FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER NEAR ERIE, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 23.8 FEET AT 01 AM 

SATURDAY. THE NEOSHO RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 29.0 

AROUND NOON TODAY, WITH A CREST OF 31.4 EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, WHICH IS 

2.4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THE RIVER IS THEN EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE SUNDAY NIGHT.



FOR PARSONS, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING, WITH A STAGE OF 21.8 FEET MEASURED AT 

04 AM SATURDAY.  THE RIVER REACHED THE FLOODSTAGE OF 21.0  YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 24 FEET SUNDAY EVENING. AT 23.0 FEET, FLOOD 

WATERS SPREAD OVER FIELDS TO A DISTANCE OF 1 1/4 MILES.  SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS, 

MAINLY ALONG THE LEFT BANK ARE INUNDATED. SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHICH LIVE ALONG THE 

RIGHT BANK IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF HIGHWAY 160, REPORT WATER ENTERING THEIR 

HOMES AT BASEMENT LEVELS.  



FOR THE NEOSHO RIVER NEAR OSWEGO, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET AT 06 PM 

FRIDAY.  THE NEOSHO RIVER IS LIKELY NOW ABOVE FLOOD STAGE, WITH A CREST OF 20.5 

FEET EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING, WHICH IS 3.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THE RIVER IS 

THEN EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY. AT 21.0 FEET, HIGHWAY LEADING 

NORTH ON THE LEFT BANK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW.  



DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY 

LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES...



$$

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                  FLD  OBSERVED          FORECAST 7AM     

LOCATION          STG  STG  DAY TIME     SAT    SUN    MON



NEOSHO RIVER

  IOLA            20  17.0  SAT 1 AM     19.6   16.7    8.2

  CHANUTE         23  20.6  SAT 1 AM     22.6   24.7   14.8

  ERIE            29  23.8  SAT 1 AM     26.7   31.3   22.3

  PARSONS         21  21.8  SAT 4 AM     21.5   23.3   22.9

  OSWEGO          17  16.6  FRI 6 PM     18.3   19.3   20.5

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