Impact Day: Lots of rumbles, lightning, and rain Thursday, but storms not expected to be severe
We'll see hit-and-miss showers and thunderstorms all day
We'll see hit-and-miss showers and thunderstorms all day
We'll see hit-and-miss showers and thunderstorms all day
3:24 p.m. -- The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for northeastern Cass County, eastern Jackson County, west central Lafayette County and southwestern Ray County until 6:15 p.m.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to start shortly because of heavy rains produced by strong thunderstorms.
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, and other poor drainage and low-lying areas are possible.
The impacted locations include Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Pleasant Hill, Oak Grove, Greenwood, Buckner, Lake Lotawana, Lake Winnebago, Lone Jack, Orrick, Lake Tapawingo, Sibley, Baldwin Park, Levasy, Napoleon, Bates City, Camden, and Strasburg.
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 18 and 31 is also included.
FORECAST
Thursday is a First Alert Weather Impact Day for scattered downpours and thunderstorms this morning that will likely linger into the afternoon.
We'll see lots of rain and lightning, and we'll hear lots of rumbles, but the good news is that while they sound rough, these storms shouldn't approach the severity of what we've seen the past several days.
Severe hail and damaging wind gusts are NOT expected, though some storms could produce small hail and gusts up to 50 mph.
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Locally, heavy rainfall could lead to areas of street flooding and river flooding.
We'll see high temperatures around 72 degrees.
Friday is your pick of the next several days to get outside with a mostly sunny sky and a high temperature of 73 degrees.
We're back to more scattered downpours and thunderstorms on Saturday.