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Flood warning issued for Salt Creek near Lyndon to begin Labor Day holiday

Labor Day weather forecast graphic from NWS Topeka.

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a flood warning for Salt Creek near Lyndon. The warning is in effect this morning, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, until late tonight.

At 9:31 a.m. Friday, the stage was 7.4 feet; flood stage is 10 feet. Minor flooding is forecast, with the creek expected to rise above flood stage by this afternoon and continue to rise to near 10.2 feet late this afternoon. The river is forecast to fall below flood stage by this evening.

At flood stage, minor low land flooding begins in farm field just west of the U.S. Highway 75 bridge at the south edge of Lyndon.

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