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Historic flash flooding closed roads and put water in some structures in Christian and Todd counties Sunday, but the situation would have been much worse had it kept raining much longer.
Christian County Emergency Management Director Randy Graham did not know of any homes in Hopkinsville that took on water in the living space, but says it came very close in the duplexes along Little River on Old Clarksville Pike.
A home on Marietta Drive near James Drive also had water all in the crawl space and duct work, but Graham did not believe it made it in the living space.
Graham says Dick’s Liquor and Stewart’s Truck Supply on East Ninth Street got water inside and Roeder Auction on Skyline Drive had equipment staged in a field near Little River.
Mitigation efforts by the City of Hopkinsville over the last 15 years certainly kept the flooding from being much worse as Graham says ground already saturated from recent winter storms exacerbated the county’s issues.
Todd County Emergency Management Director Daniel Smith says a home at 104 Water Street in Elkton is the only residence he confirmed got water inside, but there were at least three others that came less than a foot from flooding in the living space.
There was also water in basements of numerous homes.
Smith estimated Elkton received up to seven inches of rain Sunday, but says the flooding wasn’t as bad as 2016.
No one was injured in any of the local flooding.
While water has receded from most major highways in the area, motorists should still be cautious and never try to drive through standing water.
