945  
WGUS43 KTOP 020339  
FLWTOP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
1039 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...  
 
SALT CREEK NEAR LYNDON AFFECTING OSAGE 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.NEW.KTOP.FL.W.0067.261002T0430Z-261002T2000Z/  
/LNDK1.1.ER.261002T0430Z.261002T0600Z.261002T0811Z.UU/  
1039 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SALT CREEK NEAR LYNDON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING BEGINS IN FARM  
FIELD JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 75 BRIDGE. AT 14.3 FEET, WATER  
OVERFLOWS THE NORTH BANK OF THE CREEK AND FLOWS INTO FIELDS NORTH  
OF SALT CREEK JUST EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 75 BRIDGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:31 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 11.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI FRI FRI  
1AM 7AM 1PM  
SALT CREEK IN OSAGE COUNTY  
LYNDON 10.0 9.0 THU 10PM 11.5 7.4 4.3  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3862 9573 3862 9551 3858 9551 3858 9573  
 
 
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