Kansas City Hit by Heavy Rain, Flood Warnings Issued

0:00Overnight thunderstorms hit the Kansas City area hard, dropping two to five inches of rain in spots, with several inches soaking the metro and flooding roads plus low-lying areas. The National Weather Service put out flood warnings for parts of Johnson, Wyandotte, Clay, Jackson, and Platt counties were cops on the ground. Reported water everywhere from creeks and streams rising fast. By around 9.50 a.m., totals range from 2.5 to 4.5 inches, and they set another half-inch could still drop, putting rivers and flood-prone zones right in the danger zone till 3 p.m. Rainfall stacked up big across the board, 3.54 inches in Lawrence, and over 3 in Topeka, 2.83 in DeSoto, and spots. Like Shawnee and Overland Park, seeing more than 2.5 inches easy. This already tops the normal April total of 4.05 inches for the month, so crews are watching close as waters recede and folk steer.

1:00Clear of trouble spots. I'm Corey with the story, and you've been listening to Kansas News today. AI-powered local news.