⚠️ Flood Warning – Atchison, MO; Holt, MO – Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Flood Warning issued September 30 at 3:06PM CDT until October 2 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

…The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has
issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Missouri…

Tarkio River at Fairfax affecting Atchison and Holt Counties.

* WHAT…Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE…Tarkio River at Fairfax.

* WHEN…From Thursday morning to Friday evening.

* IMPACTS…At 17.0 feet, Low-lying farm fields begin to flood. At
18.0 feet, U.S. Highway 59 north of Fairfax begins to flood. At
19.0 feet, Flooding begins in the vicinity of Corning.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 2:15 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 8.1 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
tomorrow morning to a crest of 18.1 feet tomorrow evening. It
will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow evening.
– Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

This product along with additional weather and stream information is
available at www.weather.gov/kc/.

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