Flash Flood Threat into Monday

Excessive rain will threaten flash flooding as well as stream flooding intothe day Monday over a swath of the nation`s mid-sector. The threatenedcorridor, part of a longer corridor of soaking rain reaching to the GreatLakes, will span central and northeastern Kansas, northwestern Missouri,southeastern Nebraska and much of Iowa. On the edge of the heaviest rain areaswill be greater Kansas City and Omaha.Rainfall in the most at-risk belt will exceed 4 inches in many areas withlocal amounts topping 6 inches. Such rainfall would trigger serious smallstream flooding. Major rises of rivers would happen as well.