Heavy rain could produce flash flooding along Gulf Coast
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Flash flood warnings were issued for multiple areas of the metro, including Independence, Raytown, and Blue Springs.
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FOX Weather on MSNFlash Flood Emergency issued outside nation’s capital after heavy rainfall triggers water rescuesStorms outside the higher-risk zones caused problems in central Maryland with Flash Flood Warnings and a Flash Flood Emergency being issued outside Washington, D.C. Areas such as Bethesda, Takoma Park,
Torrential rains flooded basements, backed up sewers and even impacted the Avera Marshall hospital campus on Friday night. Today, city officials declared a state of emergency, and said they were working with Lyon County to respond to localized flooding.
The heavy downpours wreaked havoc across the city with footage showing commuters overwhelmed by floodwaters in various subway stations.
At 5:31 p.m. on Saturday, the NWS Raleigh NC issued a flash flood warning in effect until 8:45 p.m. The warning is for Alamance, Guilford, Orange and Person counties.
Isolated severe thunderstorm threats will fade late evening, but flash flood warnings may remain until midnight for parts of the Piedmont Triad.
Most of those deaths and injuries were caused by the roofs of weaker homes collapsing.
A flash flood warning was released by the NWS Blacksburg VA on Saturday at 5:41 p.m. in effect until 11:45 p.m. for Caswell and Rockingham counties.