Flood of 2025 – Round 2

 

 

Lynn Bledsoe

Gimlet Managing Editor

 

In February 2025 Edmonson County and much of the surrounding area experienced a rare flood event.  Thinking this would be the worst we would see for a long-time residents took drives to see the floods and everyone exclaimed, ” Wow, I don’t think I’ve seen water this high before.” Fast forward to April and we have round 2 of the floods of 2025.

April 3, 4, 5 and 6 brought rain to the county like we had not seen before.  Nolin Dam reported that on April 2 the water level for the lake was 519.59 ft but by 6:00 am April 3 the level was 521.47 ft. and rising. By April 11, 2025, the level had risen to 554.54 ft. The regular summer pool is only 515, with the winter pool being around 492 ft. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers the projected lake level will crest at 556 ft on April 15. That’s a lot of water folks. The Corps at Nolin says the dam is holding and they have found no issues. “It’s doing the job it’s supposed to do.”

The Green River in Brownsville had a level of 27.89 ft. on April 3rd before the rains started. The peak level was 68.5 ft. on April 6th.

 

 

Judge Executive Scott Lindsey stated in open Fiscal Court on March 10 if any residents had flood damage to contact Terry Massey at the Emergency Management Directors Office at 270-597-2144 or the Judge Executives office. This was pertaining to the February flood. Since the April flood had much more damage it is safe to say you can contact Massey or the Judge Executives office about this also. The same rules apply to both floods, keep detailed records of the damage, with pictures and a detailed list of any cost incurred for repairs that cannot wait.

On April 2, the Governor declared a state of emergency ahead of the first round of severe storms. On April 4, President Donald Trump approved Gov. Beshear’s request for an emergency disaster declaration for Kentucky. On April 5 Judge Executive Scott Lindsey declared a state of Emergency for Edmonson County along with Terry Massey and this included Brownsville also.

 

 

Many roads were closed due to high water making travel difficult for some and impossible for others. Warren Rural Electric reported multiple outages due to downed trees on power lines, electric poles giving away and flooded substations. WRECC did a great job of keeping up with the damages.

Now the County waits for the waters to recede before they can survey all the damage left behind. Let’s just all hope this is the last round of unusual floods for the county and the rest of the state.