NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFL.W 0193September 30, 2026
Flood Warning: Atchison and Leavenworth, KS
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flood warning for Atchison and Leavenworth in Kansas, which was in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on October 3. It was the 193rd river flood warning the NWS office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued in 2026. Kansas had 13 flood warnings in September 2026, against 32 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46.8 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 Leavenworth
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:33 p.m. CDT, September 30, 2026
- In force from
- 10:12 a.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. CDT, October 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KEAX FL.W 0193
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flood Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
...The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Atchison and Leavenworth Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Stranger Creek at Easton. * WHEN...From Thursday morning to Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Water enters low-lying fields south of Easton. At 18.0 feet, 1st street in Easton and 231st street north and south of Easton begin to flood. At 19.5 feet, Highway 192 just east of Easton is closed due to swift current of water over the road. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 4.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late tomorrow morning to a crest of 18.8 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday morning. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
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.