{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.bcbb08d99db73335e9c2ba31c24f9c507ec60b02.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flood Watch issued May 18 at 3:46PM CDT until May 19 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.bcbb08d99db73335e9c2ba31c24f9c507ec60b02.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Topeka KS"},"word_count":171,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flood Watch: Flood Watch issued May 18 at 3:46PM CDT until May 19 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Republic; Washington; Marshall; Nemaha; Brown; Cloud; Clay; Riley; Pottawatomie; Jackson; Jefferson; Ottawa; Dickinson; Geary; Morris; Wabaunsee; Shawnee; Douglas; Lyon; Osage; Franklin; Coffey; Anderson\n**Issued by:** NWS Topeka KS\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T15:46:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T15:46:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-19T07:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\n* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be\npossible.\n\n* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and\nnortheast Kansas, including the following counties, in central\nKansas, Dickinson. In east central Kansas, Anderson, Coffey,\nDouglas, Franklin, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Shawnee and\nWabaunsee. In north central Kansas, Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic\nand Washington. In northeast Kansas, Brown, Jackson, Jefferson,\nMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie and Riley.\n\n* WHEN...Through Tuesday morning.\n\n* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,\ncreeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.\n\n## Instructions\nYou should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood\nWarnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared\nto take action should flooding develop."}