Record-tying rain falls in Kansas City area. Here’s map of the heaviest rainfall
Heavy rains soaked the Kansas City area overnight, resulting in flash flood and flood warnings in the metro and surrounding region.
The storms helped Kansas City tie a 125-year-old rainfall record on Thursday, according to social media posts by the National Weather Service.
At Kansas City International Airport, which serves as the official weather station for the metro, 2.35 inches of rain fell, matching the record set for July 24 in 1900.
With the storms continuing overnight, the rainfall total from the storms increased. Rainfall totals for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. had reached 3.3 inches at KCI, commonly referred to by its airport code, MCI.
The heaviest rain from the overnight storms fell along a line from Lexington to Carrollton, Missouri, the weather service said on social media. More than 7 inches of rain fell near Carrollton, according to local storm reports. Meanwhile, 3.68 inches of rain fell near Mosby.
In the metro, 2.48 inches fell at Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport in the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m., .99 inches at Johnson County Executive Airport and .48 inches at New Century AirCenter, according to the weather service.
In the immediate metro area, the heaviest rain fell in several parts of the metro, according to Stormwatch.com, which collects data from rain gauges across the metro.
At West 191st Street and Mission Road in southern Overland Park, 3.78 inches of rain was reported, and 3.11 inches of rain fell at Camp Branch Glade near Mission Road and West 175th Street in Overland Park and along Brush Creek near Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Elmwood.
A little more than 3 inches of rain was reported along the Blue River at East 17th Street and White Oak Creek and Military Club Road, both in Kansas City.
Here’s an interactive map of rainfall totals from the overnight storms.
