After record rainfall Friday and Saturday, the remnants of Hurricane Ike began lashing the already soggy area early Sunday morning.

But so far, local police agencies are saying that flooding has yet to become as serious as during Saturday’s record drenching.

According to the National Weather Service, The South Bend Regional Airport crushed the 40-year-old record for most rain in a single day with 6.58 inches Saturday.

That broke the previous record of 4.69 inches – recorded on June 25, 1968 – by nearly two inches.

Sgt. Bill Redman of the St. Joseph County Police said that the extent of flooding is not as widespread as it was Saturday, but as the rain continued to fall this afternoon, conditions were beginning to deteriorate further.

Shortly after 1 p.m. Redman said that Lincoln Way West between Lexington Avenue and Mayflower Road was closed because of high water. That includes the two roundabouts near the South Bend Regional Airport.

Redman said that county police are also beginning to field numerous calls about street flooding in Granger subdivisions. On Saturday flood waters from a retention pond threatened houses in the Sussex Point subdivision near the intersection of Adams and Elm roads.

In southern St. Joseph County Redman said there were reports of both trees and power lines down in the 21,000 block of Madison Road.

“There are a lot of trees down in the county,” Redman said. “… It’s just nasty outside.”

There were also preliminary dispatch reports of excavation mud on the roadway at the intersection of Edison Road and Twykenham Drive near the University of Notre Dame campus.

Annie Walters, a dispatcher for the Indiana State Police said conditions were stable on the Toll Road, but flooding was beginning to threaten the road near the Illinois-Indiana boarder.

She also said there have been a number of weather-related slide offs requiring police response.

“Luckily there hasn’t been anything too serious,” Walters said. “There are just a lot of people driving too fast for the conditions and hydroplaning. It almost feels like training for the winter.”

Police spokespeople in Marshall and LaPorte counties said that conditions were reasonable shortly after noon, but they were keeping their fingers crossed.

The NWS is more heavy rain and flooding is expected this afternoon and evening, especially in northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. This is expected to cause flooding problems throughout the week.