Wyandotte County experiencing severe weather

I-435 near Donahoo Road saw  heavy rain falling about 6 p.m. Tuesday. (KC Scout photo)
I-435 near Donahoo Road saw heavy rain falling about 6 p.m. Tuesday. (KC Scout photo)

Wyandotte County was experiencing severe weather at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, with lightning and rain reported.

The National Weather Service issued a significant weather advisory about a storm moving through the area with wind gusts up to 50 mph.

Heavy rainfall is part of the storm. The weather service advised residents not to drive vehicles through flooded roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.

For more weather information, see www.weather.gov/kc.