Wednesday, July 30, 2008

KANSAS CITY WEATHER-NEWS: More Than 8-Inches Of Rain Causes Flash Flooding



Rainfalls of just over 8-inches along Tomahawk Creek in Johnson County- Kansas has caused flash flooding along the Tomahawk and Indian Creek..

See- klik for full size- the screen capture of the rainfall totals through 0550am am listed on Overland Park's "Stormwatch.com" site.



Video of the flooding- shot before police arrived to close roadways- is available on YouTube at the CaptGSpaulding video page (also on the right column of this blog page).

A shopping center at 103rd Street & Wornall is flooded.

Several roads are closed this morning as moderate rain continued to fall in the southern Metro areas.

In KC-MO- 103rd Street is closed between Wornall & State Line. Oldham Road at Hillcrest may be closed soon due to rising water from the Blue in Swope Park.

Tomahawk Creek Parkway is closed north of 119th Street in Leawood.

High water is also expected alsong the upper and middle Big Blue River today through KC-MO..

The showers and isolated thunderstorms should move east today.

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