NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0064October 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Wabaunsee, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a flood warning for Wabaunsee in Kansas, which was in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on October 2. It was the 64th 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 11.3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Wabaunsee
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:44 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- In force from
- 9:43 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0064
- 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 National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Mill Creek Near Paxico affecting Wabaunsee County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Mill Creek near Paxico. * WHEN...Until Friday morning. * IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Low lying farm fields and campsites along the creek begin to flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 5:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 17.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 24.1 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning. - Flood stage is 21.0 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.