Douglas County and other parts of eastern Kansas are under a flood watch from 5 p.m. Tuesday through Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Lawrence could see 2 to 3 inches of rain through Thursday, according to NWS. The forecast for Lawrence shows a 90% chance of precipitation Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Lawrence is also at a slight risk for severe storms including possible damaging wind gusts, large hail and torrential rainfall, according to the NWS hazardous weather outlook issued Tuesday morning.
Storms are expected to develop Tuesday afternoon along a slow-moving cold front and continue into the overnight hours; then, storms may decrease during the day Wednesday before another round of heavy rain is possible from Wednesday night into Thursday. The flood watch may need to be extended into the day Thursday, according to NWS.
Following a high of 90 degrees on Tuesday, the high temperature in the forecast for Wednesday is 67, and overnight lows could drop to 37 degrees by Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the NWS forecast as of Tuesday afternoon.
Find links to the latest weather info, where to sign up for emergency alerts and more in the box below.
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Severe weather resources
Evergy outages:
• Check the status of power outages on the Evergy outage map, outagemap.evergy.com.
• Report a power outage at evergy.com/report-outage, or call 800-544-4857.
• For down powerlines, call Evergy’s emergency line, 800-383-1183, if above-ground lines are arcing or making contact with trees or vegetation. Call 911 immediately if overhead power lines are on the ground or a fire starts. Do not go near the line.
National Weather Service local office (Topeka):
• Find the latest weather forecast info and severe weather advisories for the Lawrence area at this link.
• In the event of rapidly changing severe weather, such as tornadoes, the NWS posts frequent updates on Twitter, @NWSTopeka. You do not need a Twitter account to see tweets from NWS.
• NWS is also on Facebook, facebook.com/NWSTopeka.
• Call 785-234-2592 to hear the forecast.
Douglas County Emergency Management:
• Follow @DgCoEM on Twitter or Douglas County, KS- Emergency Management on Facebook, facebook.com/dgcoem.
• Sign up to receive emergency alerts at dgcoks.org/emalerts.
• Find lots of tips on severe weather and other emergency preparedness on DgCoEM’s website at douglascountyks.org/emergency-management.
• Report storm damage (for non-emergencies only, and after storm danger has passed) by calling the nonemergency dispatch line at 785-843-0250 or 785-832-7509.
City of Lawrence snow info:
• The city has snow information and a map at lawrenceks.org/snow that shows information about road conditions and where snowplows have been. The city typically begins snow and ice control for residential roadways when 2 or more inches of snowfall or icing occurs.
Highway conditions beyond Lawrence:
• KanDrive, an app and website from the Kansas Department of Transportation, has info on highway conditions statewide. KanDrive is available online at KanDrive.gov, and its app is available for download free on the App Store and Google Play.
Air quality:
• Check the current air quality index in Lawrence and elsewhere through AirNow, airnow.gov.
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