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WGUS83 KEAX 081518  
FLSEAX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
1018 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
KANSAS...  
 
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER AT OSAWATOMIE AFFECTING MIAMI COUNTY.  
 
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER AT LA CYGNE AFFECTING LINN COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS  
AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/.  
 

 
 
KSC121-091530-  
/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260310T0320Z/  
/OSMK1.1.ER.260307T1036Z.260308T0800Z.260309T0320Z.NO/  
1018 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER AT OSAWATOMIE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 28.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER BEGIN TO  
FLOOD.  
AT 31.0 FEET, 347TH ROAD OR MAIN STREET EAST OF HIGHWAY 169 IS  
UNDER WATER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 30.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.8 FEET FRIDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3856 9507 3850 9478 3839 9476 3839 9482  
3852 9507  
 

 
 
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/O.EXT.KEAX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260311T1050Z/  
/LCGK1.1.ER.260307T2257Z.260309T1200Z.260310T1050Z.NO/  
1018 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER AT LA CYGNE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, LOW LYING FARMLAND AND OTHER RURAL LAND  
FLOODS.  
AT 30.0 FEET, HIGHWAY 152 FLOODS 0.75 MILES WEST OF LA CYGNE. IF  
MIDDLE CREEK IS ALSO FLOODING HIGHWAY 152, THE ONLY ROUTE INTO OR  
OUT OF LA CYGNE WILL BE THE COUNTY ROAD, OR 4TH STREET, LEADING  
NORTH FROM LA CYGNE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:15 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 28.9  
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3839 9482 3839 9476 3826 9465 3826 9476  
3835 9483  
 

 
 
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