466  
WGUS43 KTOP 020050  
FLWTOP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
750 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER ABOVE READING AFFECTING LYON AND OSAGE  
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/.  
 

 
 
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750 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER ABOVE READING.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, COUNTY ROAD Y 5 NEAR THE GAGE FLOODS, 3  
MILES NORTH OF READING. AT 23.0 FEET, OVERLOW ON THE RIGHT BANK IS  
IN SEVERAL SWIFT CHANNELS OVER ROAD Y 5, 3 MILES NORTH OF READING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 22.2 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI FRI FRI  
1AM 7AM 1PM  
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER  
READING 19.0 10.9 THU 7PM 21.9 22.2 18.9  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3856 9602 3860 9596 3853 9586 3849 9592  
 

 
 
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