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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS

May 31, 2026Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2026, 2:22 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 1, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2026, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 1, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 1, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Franklin County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Marais Des Cygnes River at Ottawa (OTWK1). The gauge peaked at 28.51 ft at May 31, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
25 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
33 ft
Major stage
45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06913500, 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 May 31, 1:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:58 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
158 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-011900-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
158 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Kansas, east central
Kansas, north central Kansas and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

A few thunderstorms may develop in eastern Kansas this evening. Any
storm that develops could produce damaging wind, and large hail. A
tornado could also occur.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a slight chance for a few additional storms Monday
evening and night. These storms could produce some gusty winds or
small hail, primarily in central Kansas.

&&

More detailed information can be found at:
www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 9:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa52 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris24 min
May 30, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley27 min
May 30, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie24 min
May 30, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie28 min
May 30, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson31 min
May 30, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon39 min
May 30, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon24 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon, Wabaunsee32 min
May 30, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson28 min
May 30, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey, Osage25 min
May 30, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Coffey46 min
May 30, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson47 min
May 31, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson29 min
May 31, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage28 min
May 31, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage36 min
May 31, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris39 min
May 31, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin39 min
May 31, 3:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDickinson3 hr
May 31, 6:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOttawa50 hr
May 31, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson50 min
May 31, 8:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOsage6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.