Kate Dinneen, duty officer with Douglas County Emergency Management, drops a weighted line to the surface of the Kansas River to measure the water's level Wednesday at noon. The county is tracking the river's level as additional rain fell on Lawrence Wednesday on top of ground already saturated from the weekend storms.

6:09 p.m.

The flood warning has expired, leaving the area in a flash flood watch until Thursday morning.

2:13 p.m.

The National Weather Service in Topeka has extended the flash flood warning for an area that includes Lawrence until 5 p.m. Radar indicates that there is still about an inch of rainfall to come our way.

Counties included in the warning are eastern Douglas, Franklin, Anderson and southeastern Coffey. Again, be cautious while driving and avoid areas where water covers the roadway.

1:51 p.m.

The Southwest tennis team’s match has been canceled, but the team dinner at El Mezcal is still a go. Lawrence High’s JV baseball games scheduled for today against Shawnee Mission West have been called off. No reschedule date has yet been announced.

12:42 p.m.

More cancellations keep coming in. The South Junior High tennis match for today has been canceled. Also, the Bulldog Relays at Southwest Junion High have been canceled. They have been rescheduled for Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

12:33 p.m.

Lawence High has now canceled the C-Team softball games against Olathe East scheduled for today. No reschedule date has been set yet.

11:13 a.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson and Shawnee counties in northeast Kansas until 2 p.m.

Doppler radar indicated a storm producing one-half to one inch of water per hours was moving through the area and could cause flooding.

Do not drive through standing water on roadways as even a small amount of water can cause your car to stop or be swept away.

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The National Weather Service in Topeka has implemented its Flash Flood Watch early. It is in effect from now until Thursday morning.

The weather service advised thunderstorms were expected to move across the area Wednesday, dumping as much as 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour.

Because of all the recent rain, the ground in many areas is unable to accept any additional moisture, possibly leading to flash flooding.

The Lawrence High School C-team baseball games scheduled for Wednesday at Sport 2 Sport have been canceled due to field conditions. No reschedule date has been set at this time for the doubleheader scheduled against Shawnee Mission West.

At this time, C-Team softball and JV baseball will still play as scheduled. Both teams have a 4:15 p.m. start.