Flash flood warning expires as storm passes through

2:04 a.m. Thursday

The flash flood warning issued for Douglas County has expired as the line of storms passes through the area.

Rain continues to fall in Lawrence as the tail end of the storm system moves through Douglas County. A flash flood watch will be in effect until 10 a.m. Thursday as storms continue to dump precipitation over the area. Another inch of rain is expected to fall during the morning hours and two inches is possible until sunrise.

Flooding of low-lying areas is possible.

Westar Energy is still working to restore power to 137 Douglas County customers.

11:56 p.m.

The severe thunderstorm warning for Douglas County has been canceled, but a county-wide flash flood warning remains in effect until 2 a.m. Thursday. The storm system passing through Douglas County has dropped about two inches of rain on the area with as much as an inch more possible.

The main storm threat produced winds in excess of 60 miles per hour, which knocked over power lines, phone lines and trees.

Westar Energy reported more than 200 Douglas County customers were without power later Wednesday evening.

11:25 p.m.

A flash flood warning has been issued for all of Douglas County until 2 a.m. Thursday. The severe thunderstorm passing through the area is producing winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and producing heavy rainfall.

Power lines and trees have been reported down and more than 100 Westar Energy customers in Douglas County are currently without power.

11:06 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Douglas County until 11:30 p.m.

The storm is capable of producing damaging winds up to 70 miles per hour. The line of storms is moving east at 60 miles per hour and is also capable of producing deadly cloud-to-ground lightning.