Remnants of Hurricane Newton bringing heavy rains to Kansas City area

It’s going to be a wet few days in Kansas City as several rounds of storms are expected to move through the region beginning Wednesday afternoon.

The heaviest rains are expected between Thursday and Friday nights. While Kansas City is expected to have about 3 inches of total rainfall through Friday night, as much as 4 inches of rain is possible in some parts of the Kansas City area, according to the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, Mo.

Some areas east of the Kansas City could see even more rain. The rains could fall hard enough for some flooding.

The rain is expected to move into the region Wednesday afternoon as the chance for thunderstorms increases across northern Missouri.

Some of the storms could become strong to marginally severe later in the evening, generally north of U.S. 36 near St. Joseph. If those storms do become severe, large hail, damaging winds and locally heavy rains are possible, according to the National Weather Service.

The storms on Wednesday are expected to bring  1/4 to 1 inch of rain.

The next round of storms are expected to begin Thursday night as remnants of Hurricane Newton spread layers of tropical moisture into the region, according to the National Weather Service.

Heavy rain from several rounds of storms are expected to bring 1 to 3 inches of rain across a widespread area of the Kansas City region.

Flooding could become an issue in some areas.

This story was originally published September 7, 2016 at 8:38 AM with the headline "Remnants of Hurricane Newton bringing heavy rains to Kansas City area."