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River Flood Warning 132, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 8, 2026Atchison County, Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 8, 2026, 8:55 AM CDT for Atchison County, Leavenworth County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 8, 2026, 11:25 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2026, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2026, 11:25 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2026, 3:51 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Atchison County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stranger Creek at Easton (ESTK1). The gauge peaked at 18.77 ft at Jun 8, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06891850, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 8, 6:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0505 AM CDT Mon Jun 08 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-091005-
Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton-
Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton-
Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-
Cooper-Bates-Henry-
0505 AM CDT Mon Jun 08 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Through tonight.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms continue
  overnight. Additional storm development is expected across
  southwest MO which could extend into west central MO along the
  HWY 18 corridor.

- Hazardous heat is expected this week. Heat indices reach the
  90s to upper 90s across west central MO today. Heat index
  values above 100F are expected Tuesday and Wednesday.

- Additional rounds of showers and storms are anticipated

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	23 hr
Jun 7, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	13 hr
Jun 7, 8:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	40 hr
Jun 7, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis, Saline	6 hr
Jun 8, 1:57 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	42 hr
Jun 8, 9:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	25 hr
Jun 8, 12:42 PM CDT	Flood Watch	EAX	Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Cooper and 10 more	18 hr
Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.