...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS DELUGE PARTS OF THE AREA...
THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTED TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
KANSAS CITY METRO AND DUMPED INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A VERY
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...PARTICULARLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF JOHNSON
COUNTY KANSAS. THIS RAINFALL CAUSED LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND
SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES.
OLATHE NEW CENTURY AIRPORT PICKED UP A STAGGERING 5.66 INCHES OF RAIN
IN A 4 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1 AM. THIS REPRESENTS NEARLY 1.5
INCHES ABOVE THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF RAIN FOR OLATHE FOR THE ENTIRE
MONTH OF JULY. IN ADDITION...THE 5.66 INCHES IS MORE RAIN THAN OLATHE
HAS SEEN IN THE WHOLE MAY 1 THROUGH JULY 10 PERIOD THIS YEAR. THIS IS
ALSO LIKELY ONE OF THE TOP 10 WETTEST DAYS ON RECORD FOR THE OLATHE
AREA...ALTHOUGH RECORDS FOR THIS LOCATION ARE LIMITED. TO PUT THIS IN
PERSPECTIVE...ONLY 5 DAYS SINCE 1889 IN KANSAS CITY (DOWNTOWN AND
KCI) HAVE RECORDED MORE RAINFALL.
TOP 5 WETTEST DAYS IN KANSAS CITY SINCE 1889 (ONLY DOWNTOWN AND KCI LOCATIONS)
09/12/1977 - 8.82 INCHES
08/15/1969 - 7.45 INCHES
09/07/1914 - 6.12 INCHES
08/23/1906 - 5.93 INCHES
11/16/1928 - 5.70 INCHES
HERE ARE A FEW OTHER IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM AROUND THE AREA YESTERDAY.
OLATHE JOHNSON CO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT - 3.65 INCHES
OSAWATOMIE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER- 3.15 INCHES
HARRISONVILLE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER- 2.68 INCHES
EDGERTON COOPERATIVE OBSERVER- 2.93 INCHES
