Flash flood, Kansas City metro
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This interactive map shows where the heaviest rain fell as storms moved through the Kansas City area on Monday.
The threat of flash flooding on Sunday afternoon was focused over parts of the Midwest, where flood watches have been posted from Missouri to West Virginia, including the cities of Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to sweep across the Midwest region over the next 24 hours.
The National Weather Service urged people to avoid travel if a flash flood warning was in place for their area.
Silver Spring and Great Falls were particularly hard hit after up to 5 to 5.5 inches of rain in less than two hours.
The Johnson County creek, where the woman was walking, surged 6 feet in 30 minutes as storms dumped heavy rains in the Kansas City area.
Severe flash flooding across the tri-state area on Monday caused major subway delays and road closures across the Big Apple and pushed New Jersey to declare a state of emergency. All five boroughs and Nassau County were under a flash flood warning through midnight, according to the National Weather Service.