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WGUS43 KTOP 010146  
FLWTOP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
846 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
BUFFALO CREEK NEAR JAMESTOWN AFFECTING CLOUD 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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/JMSK1.1.ER.261001T2131Z.261002T0000Z.261002T0618Z.NO/  
846 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BUFFALO CREEK NEAR JAMESTOWN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE CREEK AS  
THE SOUTH BANK OVERFLOWS. AT 16.9 FEET, FARM FIELD ALONG THE NORTH  
BANK OF THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOODS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:24 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 16.7 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU THU FRI  
1AM 1PM 1AM  
BUFFALO CREEK  
JAMESTOWN 16.0 3.1 WED 7PM 7.2 15.0 16.1  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3964 9793 3960 9772 3958 9772 3961 9793  
 
 
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