NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFL.W 0213October 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Atchison, Buchanan and Platte, KS and MO
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flood warning for Atchison, Buchanan and Platte in Kansas, Missouri, in force until 5:00 a.m. local time on October 4. It was the 213th river flood warning the NWS office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued in 2026. Kansas had 40 flood warnings in October 2026, against 14 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flood warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 38 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
- Area
- Atchison, Buchanan and Platte
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:09 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- In force from
- 3:00 p.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 a.m. CDT, October 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KEAX FL.W 0213
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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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... Missouri... Missouri River at Atchison affecting Atchison, Buchanan and Platte Counties. ...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Kansas... Missouri... Missouri River at St Joseph affecting Doniphan, Buchanan and Andrew Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Missouri River at Atchison. * WHEN...From this afternoon to late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...At 22.0 feet, Low-lying areas on the Missouri side of the river begin to flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:30 AM CDT Friday the stage was 21.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 22.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late tonight. - Flood stage is 22.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. 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.