Monarchs rained out tonight

The Kansas City Monarchs raced home from a 4-2 road trip expecting to play Friday night at Legends Field, but the waves of afternoon rain made the field look more like a shoreline and forced the postponement of the series opener with the Houston Apollos until Saturday.

Instead of riding the waves on their surfboards tonight, the teams will play a double header of two seven-inning games Saturday, starting at 5 p.m., with the gates opening at 3 p.m.

With the rain out the Monarchs will move the originally scheduled Rob Riggle appearance to a later date.

During Saturday’s second game, the Monarchs will be honoring and celebrating military and first responders. Any active or non-active military or first responder and their families get $4 off infield or outfield reserved tickets Saturday night.

If fans purchased tickets for Friday’s game, they can be exchanged for Saturday’s game or for any future 2021 regular season home game.

To exchange tickets fans can either call the Box Office Saturday starting at 10 a.m. at 913-328-5618 or exchange them in person at the Box Office. For fans holding tickets for Saturday night those tickets are good for both games.

The gates will open at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas. There will be a happy hour Saturday prior to the game, from 3 to 5 p.m. The club will have $2 hot dogs and beers, $5 Bombora lemonades and margaritas, and a DJ.

The games can be heard on the Monarchs Broadcast Network with the pre-game beginning at 4:35 p.m. and the video stream airing on aabaseball.tv.

Tickets to Monarchs games can be purchased by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting monarchsbaseball.com.

  • Story from Dan Vaughan, Kansas City Monarchs

Downpour and its effects

Vehicles made their way through a heavy downpour at I-435 and I-70 around 3:22 p.m. Friday. The weather service advises motorists to avoid roadways that are flooded. (KC Scout photo)
The BPU outage map showed more than 10,000 customers in Wyandotte County without power around 4:42 p.m. Friday. (BPU outage map)
Emergency vehicles responded at I-635 and Kansas Avenue around 4:35 p.m. Friday. (KC Scout photo)
About 1.75 inches of rain fell in parts of Wyandotte County, providing more than enough water for local gardens. The amount of rain and speed at which it fell caused a flood advisory to be issued for Wyandotte County.

To see a video of flash flooding near 78th and Washington in Kansas City, Kansas, visit https://www.facebook.com/leslie.burleson.58/videos/4678748495487433.

Flood advisory in effect until 8 p.m.

A flood advisory is in effect in Wyandotte County until 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The urban and small stream flood advisory is in effect for Wyandotte County, northeastern Leavenworth County and south central Platte County, the weather service said.

Between 1.5 inches and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen, according to the weather service. One Wyandotte County rain gauge registered 1.75 inches of rain.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected over the
Area, the weather service said. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.

Motorists were advised to turn around and not try to go through flooded roads, according to the weather service.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize flood waters, the weather service said.