Flood Advisory issued October 13 at 6:06PM CDT until October 13 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
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* WHAT...Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Central Shawnee County in east central Kansas... Southwestern Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas... * WHEN...Until 900 PM CDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 606 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Topeka, Tecumseh, Pauline, Berryton and Grantville. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
- Event time
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- KS, US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS
- event
- Flood Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-13T18:06:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-13T18:06:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.14bb2d1ae7309a3369d608a883cfcb51c233c978.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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