NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0065October 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Lyon and Osage, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a flood warning for Lyon and Osage in Kansas, which was in force until 12:05 a.m. local time on October 3. It was the 65th 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 20.7 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Lyon and Osage
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:21 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- Expires
- 12:05 a.m. CDT, October 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0065
- 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... Salt Creek near Lyndon affecting Osage County. Mill Creek Near Paxico affecting Wabaunsee County. Vermillion Creek near Wamego affecting Pottawatomie County. Big Blue River near Blue Rapids affecting Marshall County. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Rock Creek near Louisville affecting Pottawatomie County. Marais Des Cygnes River above Reading affecting Lyon and Osage Counties. Black Vermillion River near Frankfort affecting Marshall County. Little Blue River near Barnes affecting Washington and Marshall Counties. Solomon River near Glasco affecting Cloud County. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Marais Des Cygnes River above Reading. * WHEN...Until late tonight. * IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Low lying areas along the river flood. At 21.0 feet, County Road Y 5 near the gage floods, 3 miles north of Reading. At 23.0 feet, Overlow on the right bank is in several swift channels over Road Y 5, 3 miles north of Reading. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 3:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 22.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage this afternoon and continue falling to 2.6 feet early Wednesday morning. - Flood stage is 19.0 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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