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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
905 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026

...The Flood Warning continues 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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905 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Stranger Creek at Easton.

* WHEN...Until late Thursday night.

* 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 12.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just
    after midnight tonight to a crest of 17.2 feet just after
    midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage just after
    midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood


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                Fld   Obs             Forecasts
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time  Thu   Thu   Fri
                                      1am   1pm   1am
Stranger Creek
Easton          17.0  12.7  Wed 8pm   17.2  12.0  4.6



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


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