National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

A powerful storm system over the Upper Midwest brought a deluge of rainfall to the Bluegrass state overnight Friday night and early Saturday morning.  While the heaviest rainfall in eastern Kentucky remained generally along and to the north of the Mountain Parkway where several reports of Flash Flooding were received, additional flooding was reporting in London as well.

The following reports of flooding were received at the Jackson Weather Office...

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 W OWINGSVILLE         38.14N 83.87W
09/23/2006                   BATH               KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED BALD EAGLE BRIDGE UNDER WATER.
ALSO RESIDENTS EVACUATED FROM HOMES IN WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE COUNTY. U.S. HWY 60 UNDER 3 FEET OF RUNNING WATER
AND HWY 36 IN SHARPSBURG UNDER WATER. BOTH HIGHWAYS
IMPASSIBLE. EVENTS BEGAN WITH FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS AT
ABOUT 230 AM.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT STERLING          38.06N 83.95W
09/23/2006                   MONTGOMERY         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLASH FLOODING COUNTY WIDE. ROADS IN AND OUT OF MOUNT
STERLING IMPASSIBLE AND CLOSED. SEVERAL EVACUATIONS OF
RESIDENTS FROM HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTY. EVENTS BEGAN
AROUND 3 AM.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HAYS CROSSING           38.24N 83.45W
09/23/2006                   ROWAN              KY   EMERGENCY MNGR
FIVE RESDIENTS EVACUATED FROM HOMES IN HAYS CROSSING AREA
DUE TO FLOODING.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT STERLING          38.06N 83.95W
09/23/2006                   MONTGOMERY         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE STREETS STILL CLOSED IN MOUNT STERLING AND ROADS
CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY ALL DUE TO HIGH WATER. STREET
CLOSURES IN MOUNT STERLING INCLUDE EAST MAIN FROM WILLOW
ST TO HIGH ST, HINKSTON DOWN TO GARDEN SPRING, AND QUEEN
ST AT WYKAGLE. COUNTY ROADS STILL CLOSED INCLUDE HINKSTON
PIKE, HOWARDS MILL ROAD, ROGERS MILL, CECIL PIKE, AND
STEPSTONE ROAD.

0421 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W FRENCHBURG          37.95N 83.71W
09/23/2006                   MENIFEE            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 460 WEST CLOSED FOR FLASH FLOOD. ALSO ROUTE 36
HAD WATER OVER ROAD WITH WATER CLOSE TO HOMES BUT NOT
FLOODING.

0615 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WRIGLEY                 38.02N 83.27W
09/23/2006                   MORGAN             KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 711 IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.

0810 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LONDON                  37.13N 84.08W
09/23/2006                   LAUREL             KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN LONDON...INCLUDING TOBACCO
ROAD...MIDDLEGROUND WAY AND COOLIDGE.

Additional heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are expected Saturday evening through Sunday morning. Please seethe latest Hazardous Weather Outlook for more information.