Flood Warning Issued for Riley County, Kansas
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on July 28, 2026, 3 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Topeka has issued a Flood Warning for Wildcat Creek at Manhattan Scenic Drive in Riley County, effective from this morning through late evening.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Riley County, Kansas
- Issued
- July 28, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Topeka KS
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Riley County, Kansas.
Alert Details
Flood Warning issued by NWS Topeka KS. Effective from 2026-06-21T02:20:00-05:00, with onset at 2026-06-21T06:33:00-05:00. Expires 2026-06-21T17:30:00-05:00 and ends 2026-06-21T23:31:00-05:00. Alert type code: FLW.
Affected Areas
Riley County, Kansas. Specifically Wildcat Creek at Manhattan Scenic Drive.
What You Should Do
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Expected Conditions
Minor flooding is forecast. At 14.0 feet, flood waters reach Poliska Lane, just north of Fort Riley Boulevard. At 16.0 feet, flood waters begin to reach North 1200 Road, commonly known as Wildcat Creek Road, just upstream of the Scenic Drive bridge. At 17.0 feet, the low spot in Anneberg Circle is flooded with water very close to the golf course clubhouse. At 1:15 AM CDT the stage was 4.9 feet. The river is expected to rise then fall below flood stage late this morning to 15.5 feet this morning. Additional rises are possible thereafter. Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
Timeline
From this morning to late this evening on June 21, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,192 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to July 28, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.