A flood watch is in effect from Thursday afternoon into Friday morning for the Kansas City area, including Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, as well as Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Platte, and Ray counties in Missouri.

Torrential rainfall from active thunderstorms is causing widespread flash flooding across a 1,000-mile stretch of the Plains and Midwest on Friday, with Kansas City particularly hard hit.

Police identified the victim as a 54-year-old KCK man.

Very heavy thunderstorms are slowly moving through Johnson county into western Jackson and southern Wyandotte counties. There is quite a bit of runoff with 2-3” per hour rainfall rate. Flash flooding is possible the next 1-2 hours. ⁦ @KSHB41 ⁩ pic.twitter.com/7p0VDC6WE2

A gentle creek running through the entrance to the Miami County Fair on Friday night looked like a large pond.

Additional rain and thunderstorms will move in Friday evening, potentially leading to more flooding and severe weather.

The Kansas City region is experiencing yet another rainfall event this month, leading to flash flooding in parts of the area.

Flood Warning for the metro in effect until noon. We see another round of scattered rain, storms, flooding potential set up later this evening.