Kansas Severe Flood Warning | Effective 09/30/2026 18:46

Headline: 
Flood Warning issued September 30 at 8:46PM CDT until October 2 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
September 30, 2026 - 6:46pm
Expires: 
October 1, 2026 - 10:00am
Description: 
...The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Buffalo Creek near Jamestown affecting Cloud County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Buffalo Creek near Jamestown. * WHEN...From Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Minor flooding begins along the creek as the south bank overflows. At 16.9 feet, Farm field along the north bank of the Buffalo Creek floods. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:24 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 3.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 16.7 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning. - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
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/top/.
Area Description: 
Cloud, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov