Impact Day: AREAL flood warnings in effect through the early evening in some parts of the metro

OKAY, SO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD, CHECK IN. BECAUSE HERE AT OUR STUDIO WE CAN HEAR THE RAIN AND THE THUNDER OVERHEAD. AND YOU SAID THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY THE TIME THE SHOW IS OVER. THERE IT GOES AGAIN. BUT YOU CAN’T MAKE IT UP. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BACK EDGE. THE TIMING IS PERFECT, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS LIKE THE BACK EDGE OF IT. AND WE REALLY NEED THE RAIN TO EASE UP BECAUSE CHECK SOME OF THESE PICTURES OUT HERE. THIS IS IN FROM OVERLAND PARK WHERE CREWS THEY RESCUED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM FLOODED VEHICLES DURING THE FLASH FLOODING AT 124TH AND NULL. NO INJURIES REPORTED. SOME GREAT NEWS THERE, BUT IT’S JUST BEEN A RAINY MORNING IN THIS RAIN IS LINGERED. WE HAVE A LOT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, AND WHAT THAT’S DOING FOR US. IT’S MAKING THIS RAIN VERY EFFICIENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE’RE JUST GETTING WE’RE SQUEEZING, SQUEEZING AS MUCH RAIN AS WE CAN OUT OF THESE CLOUDS. AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE SEEING SUCH HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS. YOU CAN SEE FROM LEE’S SUMMIT OVER TOWARDS OLATHE. AND THESE ARE RAINFALL ESTIMATES. SO IF YOU HAVE A RAIN GAUGE IN YOUR YARD YOUR NUMBERS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE RADAR IS THINKING. HOW MUCH RAIN IS FALLING IN THESE AREAS. SO BETWEEN 3 TO 5IN ACROSS. QUITE A BIT OF JOHNSON COUNTY AND JACKSON COUNTY, SO LONG AS SOUTH OF I-70. THAT’S WHERE THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAS BEEN. THAT’S WHERE WE’VE HAD A NUMBER OF THOSE FLOODING REPORTS FARTHER TO THE NORTH. AS YOU GET CLOSER TO LEAVENWORTH AND PLATTE CITY, PARKVILLE LIBERTY, HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN. BUT AGAIN, YOUR RAIN GAUGE MIGHT SHOW A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. WHERE’S THE RAIN RIGHT NOW? AND JAMIE MENTIONED WE’RE GETTING THAT HEAVY RAIN RIGHT OVER THE STATION. SO SOUTH SIDE OF KANSAS CITY, WE’RE SEEING SOME PRETTY HEAVY RAIN AT THE MOMENT HERE. AS YOU GO FROM 71 HEADING SOUTHBOUND, LEE’S SUMMIT, THE RAIN IS ABOUT TO PICK BACK UP FOR YOU. GOOD NEWS IS FOR OLATHE AND GARDNER. THE RAIN IS STARTING TO EASE UP, SO YOU’RE GOING TO GET SOME DRY TIME THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, FARTHER TOWARDS THE EAST, WE’RE STILL STUCK IN THAT RAIN, ESPECIALLY HEADING CLOSER NOW TO A WARRENSBURG AND SOUTH OF ODESSA. THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE ANOTHER AREA OF SOME HEAVIER RAIN COMING DOWN. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LOOP THIS FOR YOU AS WELL, SO YOU CAN SEE JUST THE GENERAL TREND THIS RAIN IS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST, SO WE’LL DRY THINGS OUT IN THE KANSAS SIDE FIRST, THEN ON THE MISSOURI SIDE SECOND. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS OUR TEMPERATURES GO. AND HERE’S OUR VIEW AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE WEST LOW CLOUDS, HEAVY RAIN. AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A JACKET WITH YOU HEADING OUT THE DOOR. WE’RE AT 62 DEGREES SO IT FEELS COOL OUT THERE. WE HAVE THAT SOUTHEAST WIND AT 16 MILES AN HOUR, SO IT’S JUST PUMPING IN THAT HUMID AIR. NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FLOODING. SO IF YOU DO HAVE TO HEAD OUT BETWEEN NOW AND I’D SAY 3 P.M., EXTRA CAUTION. MAKE SURE YOUR HEADLIGHTS ARE ON, NOT JUST THE AUTO LIGHTS, BUT TURN THEM ALL THE WAY ON SO YOUR TAIL LIGHTS ARE ON THERE AS WELL. AND JUST EXTRA CAUTION ON THE ROADS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. HEADING INTO THE EVENING, WE’RE GOING TO BE FINE. WE’LL START TO CLEAR OUT THE CLOUDS AS WELL. AND OUR TEMPERATURES. THEY SHOULD WARM UP INTO THOSE UPPER 70S. ONCE WE GET THAT RAIN OUT OF HERE. I DO WANT TO GET TO THAT FIRST ALERT FOR TOMORROW, BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO REALLY HEAT THINGS UP. WE’RE IN THE LOW 60S RIGHT NOW. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, IT CAN FEEL ALMOST 50 DEGREES HOTTER WITH THE HEAT INDEX. SO IT COULD FEEL LIKE WE’RE CLOSE TO 110 DEGREES. THAT’S PART OF THE REASON WHY TOMORROW IS AN ALERT DAY. THE OTHER REASON WHY IT’S AN ALERT DAY IS THAT WE HAVE THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW, LATE AFTERNOON TO THE EVENING, 5 P.M. UNTIL 11:00 IN THE EVENING, AND YOU DO SEE, WE HAVE AN AREA IN ORANGE HERE. SO I’D SAY LIBERTY. SMITHVILLE, NORTHWARD UP TOWARDS SAINT JOSEPH. AND CAMERON. DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, A LOWER CHANCE FOR TORNADOES, BUT SOMETHING OF COURSE, WE WILL BE MONITORING FOR YOU. HEADING THROUGH THE EVENING. SO HIGH HEAT THEN STORMS 95 FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE. SO A BIG JUMP IN TEMPERATURE TOMORROW. CHANCES OF STORMS LINGER FOR WEDNESDAY AND FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FOR YOU. THEN