833  
WGUS43 KTOP 011952  
FLWTOP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
252 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
WILDCAT CREEK AT MANHATTAN SCENIC DRIVE AFFECTING RILEY 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/.  
 

 
 
KSC161-021100-  
/O.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0062.261001T2131Z-261002T1500Z/  
/MWCK1.1.ER.261001T2131Z.261001T2200Z.261002T0312Z.NO/  
252 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...WILDCAT CREEK AT MANHATTAN SCENIC DRIVE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS REACH POLISKA LANE, JUST NORTH  
OF FORT RILEY BOULEVARD. AT 16.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO REACH  
NORTH 1200 ROAD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS WILDCAT CREEK ROAD, JUST  
UPSTREAM OF THE SCENIC DRIVE BRIDGE. AT 17.0 FEET, THE LOW SPOT IN  
ANNEBERG CIRCLE IS FLOODED WITH WATER VERY CLOSE TO THE GOLF COURSE  
CLUBHOUSE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:15 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 15.0 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3923 9670 3919 9660 3918 9658 3915 9660  
3921 9673  
 

 
 
CP  
 
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