NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFL.W 0205September 30, 2026
Flood Warning: Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Platte, KS and MO
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flood warning for Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Platte in Kansas, Missouri, which was in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on October 5. It was the 205th river flood warning the NWS office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued in 2026. Kansas had 13 flood warnings in September 2026, against 32 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 47.6 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
- Area
- Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Platte
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:13 p.m. CDT, September 30, 2026
- In force from
- 9:24 a.m. CDT, October 3, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. CDT, October 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KEAX FL.W 0205
- 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 Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Missouri... Kansas... Missouri River at Napoleon affecting Ray, Lafayette and Jackson Counties. Missouri River at Waverly affecting Saline, Carroll and Lafayette Counties. Missouri River At Miami affecting Chariton, Saline and Carroll Counties. Missouri River above Parkville affecting Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Platte Counties. Missouri River at Glasgow affecting Chariton, Saline and Howard Counties. Missouri River at Boonville affecting Boone, Howard, Moniteau and Cooper Counties. ...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Kansas... Missouri... Missouri River at St Joseph affecting Andrew, Buchanan and Doniphan Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Missouri River above Parkville. * WHEN...From Saturday morning to Monday morning. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 3:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 11.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late Saturday morning to a crest of 25.5 feet Saturday evening. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday morning. - Flood stage is 25.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product along with additional weather and stream information is available at www.weather.gov/kc/.
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.