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WGUS43 KEAX 161431
FLWEAX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
931 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026

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

  Stranger Creek at Easton affecting Leavenworth and Atchison
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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/.

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931 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Stranger Creek at Easton.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Water enters low-lying fields south of
  Easton. At 18.0 feet, 1st street in Easton and 231st street north
  and south of Easton begin to flood. At 19.5 feet, Highway 192 just
  east of Easton is closed due to swift current of water over the
  road. At 20.0 feet, All roads out of Easton except for highway 192
  west of 231st street in Easton are closed. In addition, water
  covers Millwood Road, 3 miles north of Easton. Water depth is 6
  inches across the eastbound lane. At 21.5 feet, Most of Easton east
  of 231st Street floods. A campground in Easton floods. Several
  homes experience water on the first floor. Water nearly surrounds
  but does not enter the former Easton grade school.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 6.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
    this afternoon to a crest of 19.6 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood


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                Fld   Obs             Forecasts
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Wed   Thu   Thu
                                      1pm   1am   1pm
Stranger Creek
Easton          17.0  6.7   Wed 8am   13.5  19.6  14.3



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LAT...LON 3947 9519 3948 9511 3920 9500 3918 9511


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