photo by: National Weather Service

An overnight storm in Douglas County provided a “decent amount” of rain but no reported damage, a meteorologist said on Monday.

Sarah Teefey of the National Weather Service in Topeka told the Journal-World that the Lawrence area averaged about two inches of rain before noon on Monday.

However, the western part of Douglas County appeared to receive more, with a trained spotter in Lecompton reporting almost five inches of rain in the northwest part of the county.

“We hadn’t had potential rainfall in awhile,” Teefey said of Douglas County. “When we get two inches of rain it tends to cause ponding on the roads and a little bit of flooding, but in general two inches is a decent amount of rainfall.”

The overnight storms led to a flood warning in the county until 9:45 a.m. Monday, but Teefey said Douglas County dispatch told the weather service that no flooding issues were reported.

Meanwhile, the Lawrence Police Department told the Journal-World it responded to two reported wrecks between 11 p.m. Sunday and noon Monday, with one resulting in injury.

Storms in the area appeared to clear up shortly after noon on Monday. But more rain could be heading toward Douglas County on Tuesday. The weather service said in a social media post that scattered severe thunderstorms could affect northeast Kansas Tuesday evening.

Showers and storms will move off to the east this morning. Attention then turns to Tuesday night, with severe weather potential across the entire area. Good time to dust off the severe weather plan, and make sure you have multiple ways to receive any warning! #kswx pic.twitter.com/XXYHAno2Dc

— NWS Topeka (@NWSTopeka) October 11, 2021