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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 1, 2026, 4:31 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2026, 4:31 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2026, 4:21 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Wildcat Creek at Manhattan Scenic Drive (MWCK1). The gauge peaked at 12.09 ft at Oct 1, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06879810, 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 30, 8:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 23 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 47 min |
| Sep 30, 10:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 4 days |
| Sep 30, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 12:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Republic | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 7:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 8:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Geary, Morris | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 12:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 12:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 7 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 7 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 22 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 6:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 30 hr |
| Oct 1, 6:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.