NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0069October 3, 2026
Flood Warning: Clay, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a flood warning for Clay in Kansas, which was in force until 4:00 p.m. local time on October 4. It was the 69th river flood warning the NWS office in Topeka issued in 2026. Kansas had 43 flood warnings in October 2026, against 14 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 20.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Clay
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:52 p.m. CDT, October 3, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 p.m. CDT, October 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0069
- 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 Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Kansas... Big Blue River near Blue Rapids affecting Marshall County. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Republican River at Clay Center affecting Clay County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Republican River at Clay Center. * WHEN...Until Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Lowland agricultural flooding occurs from U.S. Highway 24 to Milford Lake. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:30 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 15.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.1 feet around midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday morning. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
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/top/.
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