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Heavy showers and severe thunderstorms are moving out of eastern Kansas Monday morning, say StormX. Since Saturday, nearly 4” of rain has fallen near Topeka. In Wichita, remarkably heavy rain fell on Sunday, with a daily total of 5.10”, three of which fell in just 6 hours. The storm total there is over six inches. Across the state, several reports of tornadoes and large hail have been found. In the past month, an impressive turnaround in weather across Kansas has occurred as drought concerns have now evolved into flooding issues. In southwest Oklahoma where drought conditions still exist, some locales have picked up around a half inch of rain. Across the state, showers and thunderstorms should continue throughout the day, especially in eastern sections. By Wednesday, rain should return to the Southern Plains, lasting through late Friday or early Saturday. With the new USDA crop condition reports due out early this week, we will soon know if the rain helped to improve the wheat conditions across Oklahoma where 60% was reported to be poor to very poor last week.

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