ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lightning-packing spring storms pummeled the St. Louis region with inches of rainfall and two-inch hail, causing flash flooding that turned streets and yards into makeshift ponds of standing water.

National Weather Service meteorologist Laura Kanofsky says Tuesday morning’s severe weather produced reports of more than 3 inches of rainfall near Augusta, west of St. Louis.

Kanofsky says areas of flash flooding were common throughout St. Louis County before the band of severe weather crept out of the region before noon.

There were no immediate reports of weather-related injuries.

KMOV-TV reported that a lightning strike caused a Mississippi River traffic signal on the Eads Bridge linking Missouri and Illinois to malfunction. Crews notified the Coast Guard to inform any barge traffic of that issue.