Missouri Flood Warning | Effective 05/18/2026 18:25

Headline: 
Flood Warning issued May 18 at 8:25PM CDT until May 20 at 3:02PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 18, 2026 - 6:25pm
Expires: 
May 19, 2026 - 6:30am
Description: 
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Missouri... Tarkio River at Fairfax affecting Holt and Atchison Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Tarkio River at Fairfax. * WHEN...Until Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, Levees in the vicinity of Fairfax are overtopped. Flooding of farmland along with homesteads and roads occurs. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:15 PM CDT Monday the stage was 12.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this evening to a crest of 24.9 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instruction: 
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
Area Description: 
Atchison, MO; Holt, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov