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WGUS83 KTOP 032249  
FLSTOP  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
549 PM CDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
KANSAS...  
 
REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER AFFECTING CLAY 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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549 PM CDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS FROM  
U.S. HIGHWAY 24 TO MILFORD LAKE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
EVENING TO A CREST OF 15.2 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBS FORECASTS  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN SUN  
7PM 1AM 7AM  
REPUBLICAN RIVER  
CLAY CENTER 15.0 15.0 SAT 5PM 15.0 15.2 14.9  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3957 9741 3957 9726 3929 9700 3926 9706  
 

 
 
FLANAGAN  
 
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