Thunderstorms rattled throughout Southeast Missouri Friday night, and continued just in time for Easter Egg hunts on Saturday.

Heavy rains hit just as the Dexter Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt ended Saturday afternoon, and ditches filling and roadways wet and some rain-covered. The National Weather Service calls for thunderstorms to continue throughout the Easter weekend. The forecast calls for storms to continue, with a threat that some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Low Saturday night around 61 and a 80 percent chance of precipitation.

More showers and thunderstorms are expected on Easter Sunday, with a 70 percent chance of precipitation dampening the day.

With the rains continuing through the beginning of the week, the NWS is calling for a Flash Flood Watch and Flood Advisory continuing in the Bootheel.