WGUS83 KEAX 190001
FLSEAX

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
701 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Missouri...

  Tarkio River at Fairfax affecting Holt and Atchison Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars
through flooded areas.

This product along with additional weather and stream information is
available at www.weather.gov/kc/.

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701 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Tarkio River at Fairfax.

* WHEN...From this evening until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, Levees in the vicinity of Fairfax are
  overtopped. Flooding of farmland along with homesteads and roads
  occurs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 6:15 PM CDT Monday the stage was 11.1 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
    this evening and continue rising to a crest of 24.8 feet 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  Mon   Tue   Tue
                                      7pm   7am   7pm
Tarkio River
Fairfax         17.0  11.1  Mon 6pm   12.8  24.8  17.1



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LAT...LON 4044 9543 4044 9534 4018 9538 4019 9546


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