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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Topeka, KS

April 27, 2026Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2026, 8:17 AM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2026, 9:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2026, 8:17 AM CDT (13:17 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 27, 2026, 9:30 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 27, 2026, 7:42 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Shawnee County, KS

The river

Written for the forecast point Wakarusa River at Wakarusa (WRWK1). The gauge peaked at 16.83 ft at Apr 27, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06891200, 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 27, 5:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 5:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 7:44 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:17 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:21 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	30 min
Apr 26, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	32 min
Apr 26, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Pottawatomie, Riley	28 min
Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	37 min
Apr 27, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris	31 min
Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	33 min
Apr 27, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson	23 min
Apr 27, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	29 min
Apr 27, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	26 min
Apr 27, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	36 min
Apr 27, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee	22 min
Apr 27, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	35 min
Apr 27, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	31 min
Apr 27, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	36 min
Apr 27, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	25 min
Apr 27, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	36 min
Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	15 min
Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	47 min
Apr 27, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee and 1 more	51 min
Apr 27, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	31 min
Apr 27, 2:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	4 hr
Apr 27, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Wabaunsee	34 min
Apr 27, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	36 min
Apr 27, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Jefferson	18 min
Apr 27, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	38 min
Apr 27, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	28 min
Apr 27, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	35 min
Apr 27, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris, Wabaunsee	31 min
Apr 27, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	26 min
Apr 27, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee	26 min
Apr 27, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	30 min
Apr 27, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	40 min
Apr 27, 4:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	2 hr
Apr 27, 4:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	2 hr
Apr 27, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	42 min
Apr 27, 4:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	4 hr
Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	22 hr
Apr 27, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	18 min
Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	11 hr
Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	11 hr
Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	5 hr
Apr 27, 7:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	18 hr
Apr 27, 7:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	9 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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