PHOTO GALLERY: Rain, snow runoff create muddy conditions for Columbia

March 10, 2013 | 4:13 p.m. CDT

According to National Weather Service meteorologist Thomas Spriggs in St. Louis, Columbia received 0.83 inches of rain through Sunday afternoon. The rain was added to approximately 2 inches of runoff from melting snow.

A man drives his GMC pickup truck through high waters Sunday on Route E north of Columbia. National Weather Service meteorologist Thomas Spriggs in St. Louis said that a storm system added 0.83 inches of rain to approximately 2 inches of runoff from melting snow. | Greg Kendall-Ball

Dead limbs, leaves, grass stalks and garbage form a floating raft of debris in a ditch Sunday off Route ZZ in northwest Columbia. | Greg Kendall-Ball

Mary Kroening walks to a low spot on Route ZZ in northwest Columbia, which was closed Sunday afternoon. Kroening photographed the impassable roadway to send to her ex-husband as proof that the road had been closed. | Greg Kendall-Ball