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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS

June 4, 2026Ottawa County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2026, 9:23 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Saline County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 5, 2026, 6:21 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2026, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2026, 6:21 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 4, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Ottawa County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Saline River (KS) at Tescott (TSCK1). The gauge peaked at 15.92 ft at Jun 5, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06869500, 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 Jun 4, 6:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 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
Jun 3, 9:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	3 hr
Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	6 hr
Jun 4, 12:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	4 days
Jun 4, 3:45 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha and 5 more	24 hr
Jun 4, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	20 hr
Jun 4, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	69 hr
Jun 4, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa, Saline	32 hr
Jun 4, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	12 hr
Jun 4, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	29 min
Jun 4, 12:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Republic	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	26 min
Jun 4, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	23 min
Jun 4, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	34 min
Jun 4, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay	26 min
Jun 4, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	38 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Marshall, Riley, Washington	37 min
Jun 4, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	28 min
Jun 4, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	35 min
Jun 4, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Riley	29 min
Jun 4, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	10 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	25 min
Jun 4, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Pottawatomie, Riley	4 hr
Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	3 hr

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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.