Severe · Flood WarningActive alert
Flood Warning issued October 2 at 8:21AM CDT until October 3 at
Affecting Lyon, KS; Osage, KS
In effect until: Oct 3, 2026, 4:30 AM
Lyon, KS; Osage, KS
Confirmed across 2 counties in KS; expires 4:30 AM.
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/.
Read the original bulletin (official text)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Kansas... Salt Creek near Lyndon affecting Osage County. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Kansas... Marais Des Cygnes River above Reading affecting Osage and Lyon Counties. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Marais Des Cygnes River above Reading. * WHEN...Until late tonight. * 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 8:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 23.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.3 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late this afternoon. - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
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Alert data: U.S. National Weather Service / NOAA · Translation: WeatherTranslate™