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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
149 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...
STRANGER CREEK AT EASTON AFFECTING ATCHISON AND LEAVENWORTH
COUNTIES.
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/.
KSC005-103-281900-
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149 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...STRANGER CREEK AT EASTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, WATER ENTERS LOW-LYING FIELDS SOUTH OF
EASTON.
AT 18.0 FEET, 1ST STREET IN EASTON AND 231ST STREET NORTH AND
SOUTH OF EASTON BEGIN TO FLOOD.
AT 19.5 FEET, HIGHWAY 192 JUST EAST OF EASTON IS CLOSED DUE TO
SWIFT CURRENT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
AT 20.0 FEET, ALL ROADS OUT OF EASTON EXCEPT FOR HIGHWAY 192 WEST
OF 231ST STREET IN EASTON ARE CLOSED. IN ADDITION, WATER COVERS
MILLWOOD ROAD, 3 MILES NORTH OF EASTON. WATER DEPTH IS 6 INCHES
ACROSS THE EASTBOUND LANE.
AT 21.5 FEET, MOST OF EASTON EAST OF 231ST STREET FLOODS. A
CAMPGROUND IN EASTON FLOODS. SEVERAL HOMES EXPERIENCE WATER ON THE
FIRST FLOOR. WATER NEARLY SURROUNDS BUT DOES NOT ENTER THE FORMER
EASTON GRADE SCHOOL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.9
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBS FORECASTS
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
7PM 7PM 7PM
STRANGER CREEK
EASTON 17.0 18.3 MON 1PM 19.9 9.8 3.4
LAT...LON 3947 9519 3948 9511 3920 9500 3918 9511
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