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River Flood Warning
Issued: 7:18 PM Apr. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Black Vermillion River near Frankfort.

* WHEN...Until late Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, The west bank of the river floods.
At 27.5 feet, Area in the vicinity of 19th Terrace and Vista Roads
floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:30 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 24.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 27.5
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage late tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 19.0 feet.


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Fld   Obs             Forecasts
Location              Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Sat   Sun   Sun
7pm   7am   7pm
Black Vermillion River
Frankfort             19.0  24.2  Sat 1pm   22.3  25.3  20.2


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River Flood Warning
Issued: 7:18 PM Apr. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little Blue River near Barnes.

* WHEN...Until late Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Lowland agricultural flooding occurs from
15th Road and Zenith Road in Washington County to Waterville in
Marshall County.
At 17.0 feet, Farm field, 4.5 miles north of Barnes, on the west
side of Highway 148 floods north of the river.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:02 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 16.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river will fall below flood stage this
afternoon to 10.9 feet just after midnight tonight. It will
then rise above flood stage tomorrow afternoon to 16.7 feet
tomorrow evening. It will fall below flood stage again late
tomorrow evening to 4.9 feet Thursday morning then rise
again.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.


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Fld   Obs             Forecasts
Location         Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Sat   Sun   Sun
7pm   7am   7pm
Little Blue River
Barnes           16.0  16.3  Sat 2pm   12.3  12.3  16.7


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River Flood Warning
Issued: 7:18 PM Apr. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Big Blue River near Blue Rapids.

* WHEN...Until Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding occurs from
Marysville to Tuttle Creek Lake.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 34.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will fall below flood stage late tonight
to 24.0 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then rise
above flood stage to 26.1 feet early Monday morning. It will
fall below flood stage again early Monday morning.
- Flood stage is 26.0 feet.


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Fld   Obs             Forecasts
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Sat   Sun   Sun
7pm   7am   7pm
Big Blue River
Blue Rapids     26.0  34.0  Sat 1pm   29.8  24.8  24.8


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Flood Warning
Issued: 5:15 PM Apr. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. The
heavy rainfall has ended, but gauges continue to show water rising.

* WHERE...A portion of northeast Kansas, including the following
counties, Marshall and Nemaha.

* WHEN...Until 300 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from
earlier rainfall. It will take several hours for all the water
from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban
areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1214 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is
already occurring in the warned area. Between 4 and 6.5
inches of rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Marysville, Sabetha, Seneca, Blue Rapids, Frankfort,
Waterville, Centralia, Axtell, Beattie, Corning, Goff,
Vermillion, Oneida, Lillis, Baileyville and Woodlawn.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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