Flash flooding in Cape Girardeau

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Broadview and Independence Streets as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Silver Springs Road and Independence Street as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Floodwaters cover the Cape LaCroix Recreational Trail below the Lexington Avenue bridge after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Floodwaters cover the Cape LaCroix Recreational Trail just east of the North Kingshighway bridge after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

A parks department worker monitors the floodwaters at Arena Park after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Flash floodwaters filled a softball field at Arena Park after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Flash floodwaters covered much of the area near the grandstand at Arena Park after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

A truck drives through floodwaters on Optimist Drive at Arena Park after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Parks department workers check the depth of floodwaters over Optimist Drive at Arena Park after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Floodwaters cover the Cape LaCroix Recreational Trail at Arena Park below East Rodney Drive after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

A baseball field is flooded at Arena Park after heavy rain fell Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Broadview and Independence Streets as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Silver Springs Road and Independence Street as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Broadview and Independence Streets as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Broadview and Independence Streets as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Broadview and Independence Streets as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Silver Springs Road and Independence Street as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Silver Springs Road and Independence Street as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Silver Springs Road and Independence Street as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

A family from Little Rock, Ark. looks out along the Kingshighway and Bloomfield Road intersection where their Jeep Grand Cherokee sits in the flooded ditch as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

A white Jeep Grand Cherokee sits in the flooded ditch at the intersection of Kingshighway and Bloomfield Road as rain continues to pour down, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

A vehicle is flooded on Bloomfield Road near Kingshighway, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)