NWS Hastings NEFF.W 0002May 30, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Osborne, KS
The National Weather Service office in Hastings issued a flash flood warning for Osborne in Kansas, which was in force until 5:00 a.m. local time on May 31. It was the 2nd flash flood warning the NWS office in Hastings issued in 2026. Kansas had 9 flash flood warnings in May 2026, against 30 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 5.2 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Hastings NE
- Area
- Osborne
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:48 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 a.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGID FF.W 0002
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
FFWGID The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Osborne County in north central Kansas... * Until 500 AM CDT. * At 1148 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen over the last few hours in parts of the Warning area. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area tonight before rain likely ends within the next hour or so. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... mainly rural areas of Southeastern Osborne County This includes the following streams and drainages... Wolf Creek, Carr Creek, Center Twin Creek, Coon Creek, Fourmile Creek, Indian Creek, North Branch Spillman Creek, East Fork Wolf Creek, Twin Creek and East Twin Creek.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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.