Flood Watch issued October 13 at 1:31AM CDT until October 14 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...A portion of east central Kansas, including the following counties, Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Shawnee and Wabaunsee. * WHEN...From this afternoon through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Thunderstorms are expected to develop in a very moist environment by this evening. This is expected to allow storms to be efficient rainfall producers with rain rates around 2 inches per hour. The watch may need to be extended into Thursday if additional rounds of heavy rainfall become apparent. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- KS, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Morris; Wabaunsee; Shawnee; Douglas; Lyon; Osage; Franklin; Coffey; Anderson
- event
- Flood Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-13T17:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-13T01:31:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.da3a64adaff188a3a9bec4442efb4fd5f00e2513.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
- message type
- Alert
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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