NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0057September 30, 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 7:00 a.m. local time on October 4. It was the 57th river flood warning the NWS office in Topeka 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 3 days; 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
- 9:42 a.m. CDT, September 30, 2026
- In force from
- 2:48 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 a.m. CDT, October 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0057
- 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 Topeka has issued a Flood Warning for the following river in Kansas... Republican River at Clay Center affecting Clay County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Republican River at Clay Center. * WHEN...From Thursday afternoon to Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Lowland agricultural flooding occurs from U.S. Highway 24 to Milford Lake. At 17.0 feet, Flooding occurs between 16th, 17th, and 18th Roads and between Limestone and Osage Roads. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 9.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 16.4 feet Friday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday evening. - 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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