NO FLOODING REPORTED DUE TO SUNDAY SHOWERS

A steady rain Sunday did little to help the area dry out after a massive storm Friday night dumped as much as 5 inches of rain on some parts of Bollinger County.

Twelve Bollinger County houses had to be evacuated because of flooding Saturday morning. Marble Hill also reported the worst flooding in the area since 1982.

The sheriff's department reported Sunday that the flooding subsided Saturday and that all 12 residents returned to their homes.

Cape Girardeau Public Works Director Doug Leslie said city crews cleaned up some portions of Hopper Road, Rodney Street and Mount Auburn Road Saturday but did not work Sunday.

He said crews should return to those sites today to finish cleaning debris from the street and storm grates.

"We still will have some ditches to work on and we'll have to remove some floating debris from some of the ditches," Leslie said.

The flood waters began to recede around 2 a.m. Saturday morning, Leslie said. He credits the joint flood project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city's public works department on Cape LaCroix and Walker creeks for the reduced flooding.

He said the channels were able to handle more water because of the improvements.

"I think that had a significant role in preventing more flooding," Leslie said.

Cape Girardeau Police Department Patrolman Bradley Smith said officers worked nine accidents Friday, most of them related to the weather. The number dropped off significantly Saturday and Sunday.

"We had quite a few on the 30th but it was about average for weather like this," Smith said.

Chris Noles, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., said 1.21 inches of rain fell at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport through 6 p.m. Sunday.

The Jackson Fire Department recorded more than 3 inches of rain Friday night and another .37 inches Sunday. the Cape Girardeau Fire Department Mount Auburn station recorded about 2 inches of rain Friday night and another .70 inches Sunday.

Noles said isolated areas of Bollinger County received 5 inches of rain Friday night.

Noles said rain should be scarce over the next five days.

"There's a slight chance of the more widely scattered showers that you normally see," he said. "The chances are even that will be diminishing by Tuesday.

"Any significant rain is definitely over."