NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFL.W 0203October 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Carroll, Lafayette and Saline, MO
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flood warning for Carroll, Lafayette and Saline in Missouri, in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on October 7. It was the 203rd river flood warning the NWS office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued in 2026. Missouri had 33 flood warnings in October 2026, against 24 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Missouri's flood warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 5 days
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
- Area
- Carroll, Lafayette and Saline
- State
- Missouri
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:15 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- In force from
- 6:17 p.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. CDT, October 7, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEAX FL.W 0203
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flood Warnings in Missouri since 2008Every warning type in Missouri
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The notice as issued
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Missouri...Kansas... Missouri River at Napoleon affecting Ray, Jackson and Lafayette Counties. Missouri River at Waverly affecting Carroll, Saline and Lafayette Counties. Missouri River At Miami affecting Carroll, Chariton and Saline Counties. Missouri River at Leavenworth affecting Leavenworth and Platte Counties. Missouri River at Glasgow affecting Chariton, Howard and Saline Counties. Missouri River at Boonville affecting Cooper, Moniteau, Howard and Boone Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Missouri River at Waverly. * WHEN...From this evening to Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...At 23.5 feet, Rural areas along the river which are not protected by levees flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 17.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 27.0 feet Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 20.0 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.