NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MOFL.W 0187September 16, 2026
Flood Warning: Atchison and Leavenworth, KS
The National Weather Service office in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill issued a flood warning for Atchison and Leavenworth in Kansas, which was in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on September 18. It was the 187th 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 40.1 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
- Atchison and Leavenworth
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:31 a.m. CDT, September 16, 2026
- In force from
- 4:53 p.m. CDT, September 16, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. CDT, September 18, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KEAX FL.W 0187
- 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 Kansas... Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Leavenworth and Atchison Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Stranger Creek at Easton. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Friday morning. * IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Water enters low-lying fields south of Easton. At 18.0 feet, 1st street in Easton and 231st street north and south of Easton begin to flood. At 19.5 feet, Highway 192 just east of Easton is closed due to swift current of water over the road. At 20.0 feet, All roads out of Easton except for highway 192 west of 231st street in Easton are closed. In addition, water covers Millwood Road, 3 miles north of Easton. Water depth is 6 inches across the eastbound lane. At 21.5 feet, Most of Easton east of 231st Street floods. A campground in Easton floods. Several homes experience water on the first floor. Water nearly surrounds but does not enter the former Easton grade school. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 6.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 19.6 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 17.0 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/.
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