pumping systems. the pumping system there is designed to handle 1 inch of rain in the first hour and 1/2 inch every hour after that. residents there are upset. it s like katrina all over again. unbelievable. it s crazy. you can t go out your front door. . it wasn t a hurricane. it wasn t katrina. it wasn t a major storm. it was 2 hours of rain. in kansas city, missouri, heavy thunderstorms and flash flooding shut down roads and reports of multiple cars stalled, stranded and even up to 5 inches of rain was dumped. stay away from standing water. thanks. fox weather center now. where are the storms headed to? i m tracking all of them and they re drifting off to the east.
let s begin in your hometown of new orleans where torrential downpours there yesterday dumpedded up to 10 inches of rain in some spots in just three hours. reports last night of up to 2-3 feet of standing water in parts of new orleans. officials say the rain overwhelmed the city s pumping systems. the pumping system there is designed to handle an inch of rain in the first hour and a half an inch an hour after that. more rain is now forecast monday through thursday there. unbelievable. it s really crazy. you can t go out your front door. the city got to get it together. i mean, it wasn t a hurricane, it wasn t katrina, it wasn t a major storm. it was two hours of rain. reporter: meanwhile, in tulsa, oklahoma, early reports indicate an f1 tornado may have touched down at about 1:25 this morning. remember, the strongest tornado is an f5, but still we re talking about winds potentially
it overwhelmed the city s pumping systems. the pumping system there is designed to handle 1 inch of rain in the first hour and 1/2 inch every hour after that. residents there are upset. it s like katrina all over again. unbelievable. it s crazy. you can t go out your front door. . it wasn t a hurricane. it wasn t katrina. it wasn t a major storm. it was 2 hours of rain. in kansas city, missouri, heavy thunderstorms and flash flooding shut down roads and reports of multiple cars stalled, stranded and even up to 5 inches of rain was dumped. stay away from standing water. thanks. fox weather center now. where are the storms headed to? i m tracking all of them and