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Widespread Rainfall This Afternoon

Widespread Rainfall Tonight

A Look Through this Weekend

Rainfall Amounts Today-Thursday

September 29, 2026 - 1:50PM Update: Widespread showers with isolated embedded thunderstorms continue to overspread much of the area this afternoon. Main concerns continue to be pockets of brief heavy rainfall and occasional lightning strikes.

Widespread showers and storms are forecast for tonight, especially along and west of the Kansas Turnpike. Pockets of heavy rainfall and localized flooding are possible, mainly along the I-70 corridor. Meanwhile, portions of southeast Kansas could miss out on most of the rainfall tonight.

Chances for showers and storms continue through early Friday morning, then fall-like weather is forecast to dominate the weekend. A couple strong to severe storms are possible Wednesday afternoon & evening, and locally heavy rainfall is possible through Thursday night.

Through tonight, the heaviest rainfall is expected over western and central Kansas. The axis of heavy rainfall is expected to shift to eastern Kansas for Wednesday night through Thursday morning. Flooding will be possible with the stronger showers and storms for Tonight through Thursday.