Flooding in Kentucky

Tjackstephens · April 27, 2011, 03:05:10 PM

This will be the worse flood Ohio County Kentucky has ever had. They must release some water from Rough River Dam, it is stressed to it's max. Water every where and still raining. All low areas on Rough River must leave their homes. Most of the town of Dundee and parts of my town Hartford. Shelter is being set up at the Ohio County Park. There is water on the very back of our land, never before. It is about to break across KY 1543 just below my house. KY 69 has water over it at several points and they have not released the extra water from the dam. Think we are high enough to be ok. But a lot of friends in Ohio County may not be. Pray for us here in Kentucky. Hope to see a rainbow soon. Tj

Pancho Peacemaker · April 27, 2011, 04:05:40 PM

Texas Jack,

I'll make sure your Kentuckians are on the prayer list at my church.

With all the twisters we've had this week, that list is getting long.

Keep dry my friend,

Pancho

Will Ketchum · April 27, 2011, 04:32:27 PM

Jim, I have been thinking of you folks in Kentucky and other places that are facing flooding problems. Now I will be praying even more for you.

Will Ketchum

joec · April 27, 2011, 05:06:54 PM

Luckily my property is high but other parts of Lexington as well as a lot of Kentucky is pretty well floating at this point. My thoughts go out to you folks dealing with flooding.

Major 2 · April 27, 2011, 05:12:23 PM

Prayers are sent....

French Jack · April 27, 2011, 05:35:01 PM

As of last night, we had gotten over 15 inches of rain in the last 10 days. Looking for 4 to 8 today and tonight. Getting pretty soggy around here.

Anyone know Noah?

joec · April 27, 2011, 05:49:35 PM

Quote from: French Jack on April 27, 2011, 05:35:01 PM
As of last night, we had gotten over 15 inches of rain in the last 10 days. Looking for 4 to 8 today and tonight. Getting pretty soggy around here.

Anyone know Noah?

Another week of this and I will be wanting the plans for an ARC myself.

Man I'm from S. Florida which is known for flooding and heavy rain but not used to it since moving to Kentucky 8 years ago.

Cliff Fendley · April 27, 2011, 06:02:29 PM

Wettest April on record. I'm on high ground but a lot of flooding on the Ohio on the north side of the county. We have been having enough breaks in it that the smaller creeks are staying within their banks a lot of the time but when the next round hits it doesn't take anything for them to get out of their banks since everything is saturated. I have a property I own that I hunt on that I haven't been there all month since I have to drive through the creek to get on it.

Tascosa Joe · April 28, 2011, 08:52:04 AM

TJ and all y'all in KY:
Prayers up for all you folks and our brethern in Alabama. Those folks really took a beating yesterday.
T-Joe

Tjackstephens · April 28, 2011, 09:48:37 AM

Want to thank all of you for your prayers. They have worked. The folks at Rough River Dam were able to control the water release at a rate much slower than first thought. The rain has stopped and the sun is out. The water has gone down somewhat and there is school in Ohio County today. Do hope the storms are over, Diane and I are getting tired of getting in the inner closet. Again thank all of you. Tj

Cliff Fendley · April 28, 2011, 04:01:55 PM

That's some really good news.

Sunny and windy here too so things can start to dry. Supposed to get more rain late weekend but hopefully everything will have had time to drain down some by then. I don't know when we will ever get a garden out at this rate.

Be praying for the folks farther south, my brothers in laws live in Alabama and they lost two vehicles and had a lot of damage to their house.

Cherokee Reb · April 29, 2011, 05:42:54 AM

Hwy 61 is closed at the Salt River bridge in Shepherdsville, Knob Creek Range's entry bridge is under several feet, the Johnson County Rangers range is. Pond and the road in to the Bucksnort Longhunter's site has been washed out.

Guess I'll go reload something.... Heavy sigh...

CR

Drayton Calhoun · May 01, 2011, 08:45:05 PM

Ya'll have our prayers from Alabama, Lord knows, we have had our own problems, but still we have to look to other folks misfortunes too.

Tjackstephens · May 02, 2011, 06:49:44 PM

Well it rained all day now and the water has no place to go. Rough River Lake is at it's highest level ever. The water is spilling over the spill way and right on down Rough River that's longest length is Ohio County. All the water here at my home is Little Muddy that flows into Rough that flow into the Green that flows into the Ohio. It's going to be wet for awhile. Tj

Drayton Calhoun, Our prayers are with you in Alabama. I lived for 11 years in a little place called Town Creek. North Alabama half way between Decatur and Mussel Shoals. Started up two paper machines for Champion Papers. Roll Tide. Tj

bowiemaker · May 02, 2011, 07:54:10 PM

Normal rain for April here 4.2 inches. This year we has over 14 inches. That's over 90 billion gallons of water that fell on Louisville.

Cliff Fendley · May 03, 2011, 07:42:28 AM

I haven't checked to see what the Ohio is doing yet but the small creeks and the fields around the house are worse on this round than last week. I guess because things were already saturated.

Ottawa Creek Bill · May 03, 2011, 02:15:24 PM

Quote from: Tascosa Joe on April 28, 2011, 08:52:04 AM
TJ and all y'all in KY:
Prayers up for all you folks and our brethern in Alabama. Those folks really took a beating yesterday.
T-Joe

Ditto........!!

Bill

joec · May 03, 2011, 02:27:31 PM

I've started my boat building project now and will be gathering animals soon if it doesn't let up soon.

Drayton Calhoun · May 04, 2011, 02:40:56 PM

They still haven't accounted for all the missing. I pray for the folks in Kentucky, what is up with this weather?

Steel Horse Bailey · May 05, 2011, 09:48:02 PM

While the rain and soggy conditions are very tiring around here, (Indy) it isn't as bad as y'all have it in Ky. & Al. God bless and we'll be thinkin' of ya. The sun has been out twice this week (for more than a couple hours) and it is a BIT drier than it has been. (The highlighted word is a tiny bit ...

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