NWS Topeka KSFA.W 0031October 1, 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 12:00 a.m. local time on October 2. It was the 31st areal 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 1.3 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
- 10:44 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 12:00 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KTOP FA.W 0031
- 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
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northern Lyon County in east central Kansas... Osage County in east central Kansas... * WHEN...Until midnight CDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be passable. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated very heavy rainfall had fallen across the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Americus, Scranton, Quenemo, Reading, Allen, Admire, Bushong and Pomona Lake. - This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 130 and 161.
What the agency told people to do
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.