Overview

• SPC said Severe Thunderstorm Watch 617 remains active, with a pre‑dawn corridor along the Oklahoma–Kansas border capable of 75–90 mph wind gusts and a brief tornado.
• WPC warned of training storms producing 1–3 inches per hour and multi‑inch totals, with flash flooding likely this afternoon across eastern Oklahoma, western and central Arkansas, and southwestern Missouri.
• Overnight and early morning convection also produced intense rainfall from southern Kansas into northern Oklahoma, where quick‑hitting storms yielded localized 2–3 inch totals in under two hours.
• WPC highlighted additional training from northeast Kansas into northwest Missouri with rates up to 2 inches per hour and localized 2–3 inch totals, posing urban and small‑stream flooding concerns.
• USA TODAY, citing official forecasts, reported more than 5.3 million people under flood watches across parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas.