Major street flooding was reported in parts of the region on Thursday afternoon.
The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky says the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport received 3.09 inches of rain in only one hour. That's over halfway to the daily record rainfall in less than an hour (5.50 inches in 1973).
Vienna Street in Anna was under high water for a time as well. A section of that road in front of the McDonald's restaurant looked like a river early Thursday afternoon. (pictured at right)
Forecasters say a slow moving system of heavy rain led to the large amounts of rain in localized areas.