⚠️ Flood Warning – Lyon, KS; Osage, KS – Thursday, October 1, 2026

Flood Warning issued October 1 at 7:50PM CDT until October 3 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Details

…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.

* 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.

Instructions

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars
through flooded areas.

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This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.