Kansas Flood Warning | Effective 04/27/2026 05:11

Headline: 
Flood Warning issued April 27 at 7:11AM CDT until April 28 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 5:11am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 8:15pm
Description: 
...The National Weather Service in Topeka KS has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Kansas... Marais Des Cygnes River above Reading affecting Osage and Lyon Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Marais Des Cygnes River above Reading. * WHEN...From this morning to late tomorrow morning. * IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Low lying areas along the river flood. At 21.0 feet, County Road Y 5 near the gage floods, 3 miles north of Reading. At 23.0 feet, Overlow on the right bank is in several swift channels over Road Y 5, 3 miles north of Reading. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 13.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this morning to a crest of 23.3 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage this evening. - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
Instruction: 
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/.
Area Description: 
Lyon, KS; Osage, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS