If you live in northern Hart County, put the keys down before you read this. The Hart County Emergency Management Office is warning residents about dangerous flash flooding that has put multiple roads under water, with the worst impacts concentrated in the northern part of the county.
Hart County Roads Affected by Flash Flooding
According to Hart County Emergency Management, the following roads have been flagged for flash flooding danger: Priceville Road, Raider Hollow Road, Cave Hill Road, Flat Rock Road, KY-728, and KY-1140 — including KY-1140 at E. Sullivan Road. Emergency management shared images showing water overtaking a golf cart and garage and flooded fields as the high water spread.
Emergency personnel have been traveling the county to identify additional impacted roadways, so the list may grow. Earlier flooding this month also hit KY-218 near Main Street, the 6500 block of Raider Hollow Road, KY-570, Rex Road, and Johnson Springs Road, and washouts closed state routes in neighboring Grayson County.
What Officials Are Telling Hart County Residents
The message from Hart County Emergency Management is blunt: if you do not need to travel, stay home. Never attempt to drive through flooded roadways — turn around, don’t drown. Avoid the affected areas, use alternate routes, and never drive around barricades. Officials are also asking residents to monitor local weather conditions and share the road information to keep neighbors informed.
Why This Warning Carries Weight Here
Hart County knows exactly how deadly high water can be. In the February 2025 floods, a 35-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter were swept away in their vehicle by floodwaters near Bacon Creek in Bonnieville, and a man died in a weather-related crash in the county — part of a statewide disaster that killed 11 Kentuckians and required more than 1,000 rescues. Most of those deaths came from people attempting to drive through high water. The warning isn’t bureaucratic caution. It’s local history.
And the weather whiplash isn’t done: a record-breaking heat dome is pushing into the Ohio Valley this week, meaning saturated ground today and dangerous heat right behind it.
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