500  
WGUS83 KTOP 271920  
FLSTOP  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
220 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
WAKARUSA RIVER AT WAKARUSA AFFECTING SHAWNEE COUNTY.  
 
MILL CREEK NEAR PAXICO AFFECTING WABAUNSEE COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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/.  
 
 
 
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/O.EXT.KTOP.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260428T1434Z/  
/WRWK1.1.ER.260427T1325Z.260428T0000Z.260428T0234Z.NO/  
220 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...WAKARUSA RIVER AT WAKARUSA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE WAKARUSA  
RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:46 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 17.7  
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3890 9573 3890 9563 3887 9563 3887 9573  
 
 
 
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/PXCK1.1.ER.260427T0956Z.260428T0000Z.260428T0720Z.NO/  
220 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MILL CREEK NEAR PAXICO.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, LOW LYING FARM FIELDS AND CAMPSITES ALONG  
THE CREEK BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
AT 30.0 FEET, CAMPSITES ON WEST SIDE OF CAMPGROUND BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:45 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 30.1  
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER  
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3911 9600 3908 9595 3906 9601 3901 9627  
3906 9628  
 
 
 
FLANAGAN  
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