Flash Flood Warning

Locations Affected

Olathe, KS ∙ Overland Park, KS ∙ Prairie Village, KS ∙ Olathe Johnson County Executive Airport, KS ∙ Westwood Hills, KS ∙ Leawood, KS ∙ Mission, KS ∙ Lackmans, KS ∙ Mission Woods, KS ∙ Stanley, KS

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 1016 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026 The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Johnson County in east central Kansas... Southwestern Jackson County in west central Missouri... * Until 415 AM CDT. * At 1016 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. An additional 0.5 to 1 inch of rain is possible in the next hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Lee's Summit, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Raytown, Grandview, Belton, Prairie Village, Gardner, Merriam, Mission, De Soto, Fairway, Mission Hills, Westwood and Westwood Hills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3894 9497 3898 9486 3904 9461 3905 9461 3907 9450 3886 9444 3884 9454 3885 9461 3883 9461 3879 9489 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR

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