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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Topeka, KS

September 27, 2026Marshall County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Sep 27, 2026, 2:37 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 27, 2026, 4:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2026, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2026, 4:12 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2026, 10:32 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Marshall County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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 Big Blue River at Blue Rapids (BLRK1). The gauge peaked at 27.32 ft at Sep 27, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
52 ft
Major stage
68 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06884700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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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.