HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Nearly four inches of rain fell during a brief period Saturday afternoon, with the Hopkinsville Fire Department having to rescue a woman from a vehicle trapped in flood water.
Around 1 p.m. on June 28, the Hopkinsville Fire Department/EMS was called to the area of North Main Street and Concord where a vehicle was stalled and surrounded by water. According to Payton Rogers with HFD, at the time the water had risen to two feet due to heavy downpours.
Emergency crews located a 69-year-old woman in the vehicle, and she was safely rescued from the water and was evaluated on the scene.
Flash flooding in the early afternoon impacted several roads in the city, including a section of U.S. 41 near Talbert Drive, and stretches of North Drive, according to KYTC. The excessive rainfall also impacted the Western Kentucky State Fairgrounds, resulting in the night’s tractor pull being canceled. A Flood Watch was issued for the area, expiring at 3:45 p.m.
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