⚠️ Flood Warning – Leavenworth, KS – Thursday, October 1, 2026

Flood Warning issued October 1 at 1:32PM CDT until October 4 at 2:00PM 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 Kansas…

Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie affecting Leavenworth County.

* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE…Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie.

* WHEN…From this evening to Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS…At 23.0 feet, Low-lying farmland along the creek floods.
At 25.0 feet, County Highway 6 floods about 3 miles east of
Tonganoxie.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 12:30 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 8.0 feet.
– Forecast…The river will rise above flood stage late this
evening to 24.4 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below
flood stage by early Saturday afternoon.
– Flood stage is 23.0 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.