BEATRICE – Torrential rains late Sunday afternoon through overnight brought flood warnings and advisories to parts of Nebraska and Kansas.

A flood warning was issued through the early Monday morning hours for southeastern Gage and southwestern Pawnee County, after three to seven inches of rain fell. A spotter report indicated 5.25 inches of rain fell at Liberty, and high winds from a thunderstorm knocked down some tree branches in the village.

A flood advisory was issued for southern Jefferson County and southwestern Gage County, for 2-to-5 inches of rain. A four-inch rainfall amount was reported about nine miles southwest of Fairbury, and five inches to the west, at Hebron.

Thayer County was under a flood warning until late Monday morning, for rainfall of 4-to-5 inches. U.S. Highway 81 was closed early Monday morning, between Belvidere and the Nebraska-Kansas state line. Flooding was reported in Deshler, along Spring Creek. A weather spotter reported 3.6 inches of rain at Byron, Nebraska.

Several rivers and streams in northeast Kansas were under flood warnings or advisories through Monday morning. Those warnings or advisories covered Marshall, Cloud, Clay, Washington, Republic and Jewell Counties.

Northwest of Munden, Kansas near the Nebraska-Kansas state line, 5.3 inches of rain fell. Multiple streets were reported flooding in Belleville, Kansas at around 7:20 p.m., and 4.25 inches of rain was reported northwest of the community.

Water over a roadway pushed a car off the road near Randall, Kansas and there was water over a road nine miles south of Blue Rapids, Kansas, after the area received more than 3.6 inches of rain.

Flood warnings were issued in Kansas for both the Big Blue and Little Blue Rivers, affecting Marshall and Washington Counties.

Heavy rain east of Beatrice, late Sunday afternoon

Heavy rain east of Beatrice, late Sunday afternoon