NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0066October 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Pottawatomie, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a flood warning for Pottawatomie in Kansas, which was in force until 7:50 a.m. local time on October 2. It was the 66th 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 4.5 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Pottawatomie
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:21 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- Expires
- 7:50 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0066
- 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...Minor flooding is occurring. * WHERE...Rock Creek near Louisville. * WHEN...Until this morning. * IMPACTS...At 27.0 feet, Minor low land flooding begins along the north bank of Rock Creek. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:27 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 27.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 9.5 feet Tuesday evening. - Flood stage is 27.0 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/.
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.