Kansas City is in for a wet weekend, with waves of showers and thunderstorms bringing repeated rain chances through Sunday and into next week and a risk of localized flooding in spots, according to the National Weather Service.
“Seemingly never-ending chances for showers and storms, and that about sums it up,” the weather service said. “From today (Friday) through at least the middle of next week, there will be almost daily opportunities for showers and storms across the area.”
Overnight showers and thunderstorms were tapering off across the Kansas City metro Friday after dropping up to 2.5 inches of rain in some areas and causing isolated flooding — including in the northwest corner of the downtown loop, where eastbound Interstate 70 was closed for a few hours early Friday…