NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFF.W 0068October 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Atchison and Doniphan, KS
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flash flood warning for Atchison and Doniphan in Kansas, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on October 1. It was the 68th flash flood warning the NWS office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued in 2026. Kansas had 15 flash flood warnings in October 2026, against 2 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 6.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
- Area
- Atchison and Doniphan
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:53 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEAX FF.W 0068
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
FFWEAX The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Atchison County in northeastern Kansas... Western Doniphan County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 800 PM CDT Thursday. * At 153 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Highland, White Cloud, Denton, Severance, Huron, Leona, Fanning and Iowa Point.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.