FLASH FLOOD WARNING
FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED APRIL 17 AT 5:02PM CDT UNTIL APRIL 17 AT 9:00PM CDT
Effective: 2026-04-17 17:02:00 Local Time [EXPIRED]
Expires: 2026-04-17 21:00:00 Local Time
Issued by: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Alert Text
FFWEAX THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 502 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... KANSAS CITY, OVERLAND PARK, OLATHE, INDEPENDENCE, LEE'S SUMMIT, SHAWNEE, BLUE SPRINGS, LENEXA, LEAWOOD, RAYTOWN, LIBERTY, GLADSTONE, GRANDVIEW, PRAIRIE VILLAGE, MERRIAM, MISSION, BONNER SPRINGS, PARKVILLE, EDWARDSVILLE AND NORTH KANSAS CITY.
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Target Area
JOHNSON, KS, WYANDOTTE, KS, CLAY, MO, JACKSON, MO, PLATTE, MO
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