NWS Topeka KSFL.W 0019May 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Ottawa and Saline, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a flood warning for Ottawa and Saline in Kansas, which was in force until 1:44 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 19th 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 20 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Ottawa and Saline
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:43 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
- Expires
- 1:44 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KTOP FL.W 0019
- 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... Saline River at Tescott affecting Ottawa and Saline Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Saline River at Tescott. * WHEN...From this afternoon to early tomorrow afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, Low lying areas near the river flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 24.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 26.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 25.0 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.