NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFL.W 0210October 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Leavenworth, KS
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flood warning for Leavenworth in Kansas, which was in force until 10:45 a.m. local time on October 3. It was the 210th river flood warning the NWS office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill 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 29.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
- Area
- Leavenworth
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:04 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- In force from
- 5:38 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 a.m. CDT, October 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEAX FL.W 0210
- 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 continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Leavenworth and Atchison Counties. Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie affecting Leavenworth County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie. * WHEN...From late tonight to Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...At 23.0 feet, Low-lying farmland along the creek floods. At 25.0 feet, County Highway 6 floods about 3 miles east of Tonganoxie. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:30 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 11.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late tonight to a crest of 23.5 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 23.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
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