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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Topeka, KS

July 24, 2026Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 24, 2026, 4:23 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2026, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2026, 3:05 AM CDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salt Creek (KS) near Ada (ADAK1). The gauge peaked at 19.50 ft at Jul 25, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06876700, 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 Jul 24, 4:02 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 4:02 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 2:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1131 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026

KSZ036-240500-
Geary-
1131 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN GEARY COUNTY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT CDT...

At 1131 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Grandview Plaza, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Geary
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3899 9658 3887 9658 3887 9686 3896 9687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 268DEG 22KT 3892 9680

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Local storm report, Jul 24, 12:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1239 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1235 AM     Flood            1 ENE Ada               39.15N 97.88W
07/24/2026                   Ottawa             KS   Emergency Mngr

            Several inches of water flowing over
            roadways near Ada.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 24, 1:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 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
Jul 23, 10:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Ottawa	3 hr
Jul 23, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	29 min
Jul 24, 12:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	37 min
Jul 24, 12:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Dickinson	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:51 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	3 days
Jul 24, 5:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Riley, Washington	5 hr
Jul 24, 11:33 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	48 hr
Jul 24, 11:33 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.