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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Sep 16, 2026, 5:59 AM CDT for Lyon County, Osage County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 16, 2026, 9:32 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2026, 5:59 AM CDT (10:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2026, 9:32 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2026, 2:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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 Reading (RDNK1). The gauge peaked at 19.76 ft at Sep 16, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 21 ft
- Major stage
- 45 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06910800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 25 min |
| Sep 15, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 11:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 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.