NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0022May 31, 2026
Flood Warning: Franklin, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a flood warning for Franklin in Kansas, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on June 1. It was the 22nd river flood warning the NWS office in Topeka issued in 2026. Kansas had 23 flood warnings in May 2026, against 89 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 18 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Franklin
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:22 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- In force from
- 1:00 a.m. CDT, June 1, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. CDT, June 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0022
- 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 KS has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Marais Des Cygnes River at Ottawa affecting Franklin County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Marais Des Cygnes River at Ottawa. * WHEN...From late tonight to tomorrow evening. * IMPACTS...At 30.0 feet, Neosho Road east of Ottawa floods. At 31.0 feet, Lowland areas near the river continue to flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1:30 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 25.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 30.0 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 30.0 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.