{"id":1454,"date":"2009-05-09T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T05:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.kyweathercenter.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2009-05-09T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T05:48:00","slug":"major-flooding-south-and-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"Major Flooding South and Southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Saturday morning everyone. A major flood event continues to unfold across parts of southern and southeastern Kentucky. The flood reports coming out of some counties is staggering. Homes being washed away… major roads with feet of water covering them. All in all, this is the worst bout of flooding to strike many areas since the devastating floods of Memorial Day weekend of 2004.

Here is a look at the latest warnings…



Rain and storms moved over the same areas Friday afternoon into very early this morning. This is known as training and that shows up quite nicely on our radar total precipitation map…



Those amounts were falling on top of a saturated ground still waterlogged from flooding earlier in the week. We may not be done with the rains just yet as our front is VERY slowly working to the south into Tennessee. Waves of showers and a few thunderstorms will continue to roll eastward along the front. You can track the rains here on radar…



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This continues to be a situation that can get worse before it gets better… it all depends on how those showers and storms to our west and southwest track through the day.

To put it all in perspective… take a look at some of the flood reports…

0630 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MCANDREWS               37.57N 82.27W
05\/09\/2009                   PIKE               KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER RUNNING OVER BRIDGES. WATER OVER MAIL BOXES WHERE
            KY HWY 199 MEETS US 119. FLOODING ALSO REPORTED NEAR
            MCVEIGH.

0630 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W JACKSON             37.56N 83.43W
05\/09\/2009                   BREATHITT          KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIX TO SEVEN FEET OF WATER OVER KY HIGHWAY 30. TWO SINGLE
            WIDE TRAILERS WERE SEEN FLOATING BY. ONE DOUBLE WIDE IS
            IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOD WATERS, HOWEVER RESCUERS ARE
            HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TO THEM. HIGHWAY 30 W IS CLOSED
            NEAR THE DETENTION CENTER.

0449 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BELFRY                  37.63N 82.26W
05\/09\/2009                   PIKE               KY   PUBLIC

            STREAMS IN BUILDINGS. EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN

0859 AM     FLASH FLOOD      COLUMBIA                37.10N  85.31W
05\/09\/2009                   ADAIR              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL SIDE ROADS IN THE COUNTY WITH WATER OVER THEM

0230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BEATTYVILLE             37.58N 83.71W
05\/09\/2009                   LEE                KY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            CHAPMAN ROAD IS UNPASSABLE. TINCHER HILL CULVERT IS
            WASHED OUT AND ROAD CLOSED. SILVER CREEK ROAD IS
            UNPASSABLE. KY HIGHWAY 30 EAST AND WEST OF TOWN IS
            CLOSED. CATHEDRAL DOMAIN ROAD IS FLOODED. SPENCER RIDGE
            HILL IS UNPASSABLE. BUFALO ZION ROAD IS UNPASSABLE. THE
            PAVEMENT ON MAIN STREET HAS BEEN WASHED OUT IN
            BEATYVILLE.

Stay with the blog for the latest updates and please help us out by posting the weather conditions where you live. You can also send flood or damage pics to me at chrisbaileyweather@yahoo.com<\/A>. Here are a few…





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