Kansas Severe Flood Warning | Effective 10/01/2026 20:39

Headline: 
Flood Warning issued October 1 at 10:39PM CDT until October 2 at 3:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
October 1, 2026 - 8:39pm
Expires: 
October 2, 2026 - 11:45am
Description: 
...The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Salt Creek near Lyndon affecting Osage County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Salt Creek near Lyndon. * WHEN...Until Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 10.0 feet, Minor low land flooding begins in farm field just west of the Highway 75 bridge. At 14.3 feet, Water overflows the north bank of the creek and flows into fields north of Salt Creek just east of the Highway 75 bridge. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:31 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 9.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this evening to a crest of 11.5 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning. - Flood stage is 10.0 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: 
Osage, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov