995  
WGUS43 KTOP 301442 RRA  
FLWTOP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
942 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN KANSAS...  
 
LITTLE BLUE RIVER NEAR BARNES AFFECTING MARSHALL AND WASHINGTON  
COUNTIES.  
 
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/.  
 
 
 
KSC117-201-010545-  
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0058.261001T1624Z-261004T0700Z/  
/BANK1.1.ER.261001T1624Z.261002T1800Z.261003T1855Z.UU/  
942 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...LITTLE BLUE RIVER NEAR BARNES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS FROM  
15TH ROAD AND ZENITH ROAD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO WATERVILLE IN  
MARSHALL COUNTY. AT 17.0 FEET, FARM FIELD, 4.5 MILES NORTH OF  
BARNES, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 148 FLOODS NORTH OF THE RIVER.  
AT 19.0 FEET, FARM FIELD, 4.5 MILES NORTH OF BARNES, SOUTH OF THE  
RIVER AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 148 FLOODS. AT 21.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING  
OF FARM FIELDS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER...SOUTH OF THE SUNFLOWER  
ROAD BRIDGE IN MARSHALL COUNTY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 19.9 FEET EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3992 9695 3992 9689 3969 9666 3967 9669  
3971 9685  
 
 
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