NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0060October 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Cloud, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a flood warning for Cloud in Kansas, in force until 7:00 a.m. local time on October 2. It was the 60th river flood warning the NWS office in Topeka issued in 2026. Kansas had 15 flood warnings in October 2026, against 14 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flood warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 14.5 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Cloud
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:36 a.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- In force from
- 4:31 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0060
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Buffalo Creek near Jamestown affecting Cloud County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Buffalo Creek near Jamestown. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Friday morning. * IMPACTS...At 12.7 feet, Farm field just north of Buffalo Creek on the northwest side of north 40th Road floods. At 16.0 feet, Minor flooding begins along the creek as the south bank overflows. At 16.9 feet, Farm field along the north bank of the Buffalo Creek floods. At 18.0 feet, The north bank of the Buffalo Creek Floods. Lowland flooding continues from 763 Road to the Republican River. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:24 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 3.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 16.9 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 16.0 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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