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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

February 15, 2026Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Feb 15, 2026, 12:09 AM CST for Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2026, 12:09 AM CST (06:09 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2026, 12:21 AM CST
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 near Quenemo (QNMK1).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
24.5 ft
Major stage
40.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Feb 14, 5:21 PM CST, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 5:21 PM CST, 6 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 12:42 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningTOPFranklin16 hr
Feb 15, 1:32 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTOPBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 12 more8 hr
Feb 15, 5:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon26 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.