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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Feb 15, 2026, 5:44 AM CST for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2026, 5:44 AM CST (11:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2026, 7:42 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cottonwood River at Emporia (EMPK1). The gauge peaked at 21.43 ft at Feb 15, 2026, 4:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07182260, 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, 12 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 5:21 PM CST, 12 hours 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:09 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 12 min |
| Feb 15, 12:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:32 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 12 more | 8 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.