Students attempting to walk into one of the Lofts buildings on Wednesday night were greeted instead with a roped-off lobby and around two inches of water on the floor.

A caution sign warns students from entering the 6300 Enright Ave. Lofts building on Wednesday night. Strong thunderstorms caused deep flooding in the lobby.

The heavy rainstorm from around 4-5 p.m. led to flooding in the 6300 Enright Ave. building, one of five in the newly constructed Lofts of Washington University complex. Residents trying to enter the building had to walk around to the back alley, where resident advisers were stationed to let them in.

Students said that the flooding exacerbated their pre-existing concerns about the state of completion of the Lofts, which some had questioned over the summer and during move-in.

Junior Madison Felman was walking from her apartment, which was located in the building next door, to pick up a package from 6300 Enright only to find the lobby full of ankle-deep water.

“When I asked the RA about it, they said there wasn’t any sealant under the glass windows on the other side of the building,” Felman said.

The RAs in the building were restricting all access to the lobby, including people wanting to take photographs, students said.

“I was with another friend, actually, who tried to take pictures on his cell phone to post them on Facebook,” junior Anthony Haun said. “They said, ‘No, you know, no pictures allowed. Get out of here.’”

Both Felman and Haun expressed concerns that the flooding revealed deeper problems about the Lofts’ rapid construction.

“I’m on the third floor, so I’m not super-worried about flooding,” Felman said, “but it does kind of reflect on the observation that some of us have had, that it’s not entirely finished when we’re moving in.”

“I understand that it’s a brand-new building and that there’s going to be a few kinks to work out,” Haun said, “but I think that’s pretty severe for Wash. U. housing to mess up, and I think it’s just because how rushed they were in trying to complete the complex.”

Tyler De Shon, residential community director for the Lofts, declined to comment on the situation, and Tim Lempfert, director of housing operations, could not be reached for comment.