Today will mark the 3rd day in a row that afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms will grace our skies.
It will also mark the 3rd day in a row we've been near or (today) in a "slight risk" area for forecasted severe thunderstorms.
That risk area appears to remain along and east of I-35 in Missouri- then east of the state line south of K.C..
More worrysome is again the risk of torrential rainfall.
Last evening- Turkey Creek got within 3 feet of it's 61-foot flood stage at Southwest Boulevard in southeastern KC-KS..
More than 2.5-inches of rain fell in parts of the Turkey Creek watershed in less than an hour Wednesday.
KS Highway Patrol troopers came close to closing the northbound lanes of I-35 near I-635 when the creek approached the roadway. The last time the road was closed there due to flooding was in October of 1998.
There was a fear that a young person had been swept into the creek near 52nd Street and Merriam Drive- but police and fire department crews did not find anyone after an extensive search.
Brush Creek also approached flood stage near State Line Road last evening.
The additional rainfall has taken the June rainfall totals in some areas of Johnson County KS to near the one-foot mark.
Another round of heavy storms over those same areas could produce rapid flash flooding.
This morning's scattered showers and thunderstorms MAY reduce the risk of additional storms later today- but any strong heating will not sustain any reduction.
One good effect of the storms is that it won't get as hot as originally forecasted.
I'll be watching the situation...._1101Cdt.jpg)
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