PLEASANT HILL, Mo. – A line of heavy rain brought flooding conditions to some metro streets Monday morning.
41 Action News viewer Tasha Ulshafer sent in photos of her Pleasant Hill neighborhood with flooded streets.
The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for portions of the area after some cities received more than two inches of rain Monday morning.
Getting around Pleasant Hill during Monday morning’s storm proved easier for some deer than it did for those who live here. Video sent to 41 Action News showed deer bounding through floodwaters that were preventing vehicles from crossing the road.
“You couldn't get across so I had to detour south of town about eight miles to get in,” Jerry Neill, a resident said.
Once in town, Baldwin Lake rose past its banks, sending water onto Country Club Road and washing logs and debris onto the Pleasant Hill Soccer Complex.
“I’ve been sick to my stomach all day,” Don Donovan, President Pleasant Hill Soccer Association
It’s the third time within a year that Donovan has dealt with this mess.
“The worst part about it is last year we took care of it and then two days after we took care of it, it happened again,” Donovan said.
41 Action News toured the damage with Donovan.
“It almost looks like somebody ransacked the place,” he said.
The force of the rushing waters scattered benches and goalposts across the complex and goal posts.
While the city has a project underway to improve the road next to the soccer fields it does not include a permanent fix for the flooding problem.
In the short-term, the community here is stepping up to help Donovan once again.
“The amount of rain and hail is completely out of our control, what is in our control is how we band together and how we fix and work together on the situation afterward,” Donovan said.
Donovan said because of the upcoming holiday, there are no soccer games scheduled this weekend so they have at least a week to regroup and clean up this mess.
Earlier Monday, the Peculiar, Mo. Police Department posted video of a Jeep caught in flood waters.
No injuries were reported.
