UPDATE: Trees and Power Lines Reported Down Across West KY Counties
Update at 11:50 a.m., CDT
PADUCAH, Ky. (May 26, 2024) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Highway Crews are responding to reports of downed trees from a line of several thunderstorms moving through the region.
NOTE: Some locations will have to await the arrival of utility crews to clear power lines before roadways can reopen. At locations that do not include power line issues, KYTC personnel are working to clear highways as quickly as possible with assistance from area volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, and emergency management personnel.
Here is the latest update:
Carlisle County
KY 80 is open between Arlington and Milburn between the 3 and 10mm where trees have been cleared
KY 877 is reported blocked by downed trees near the 3mm at the KY 1591 intersection - crew en route
Fulton County
The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is closed due to weather conditions
Lyon County
I-24 is open near the 45 mile marker where a large tree was blown into the roadway
U.S. 641 is blocked north of Eddyville near the 6mm at the Lyon-Caldwell County line where utility lines and trees are down
KY 93 South of Eddyville is blocked at several locations between KY 293 and the Lyon-Trigg County Line
U.S. 62 is blocked by downed trees and power lines at several locations between Lake City and Kuttawaa0 intersection
McCracken County
KY 284/Benton Road is blocked by downed trees and power lines at the 2 to 4 mm between Paducah's Southside and Reidland
KY 994/Old Mayfield Road has trees down at several locations in the southern part of the county
KY 1241 is blocked by two large oak trees in the St. Johns area around the 1 to 2 mile marker - crew on site with heavy equipment
KY 450/Oaks Road is blocked by downed trees and power lines near the 4.2mm immediately south of the KY 3075/Liden Rd/Shehan Bridge Road intersection
Marshall County
KY 1949/Wadesboro Rd is blocked at the 8 to 9mm between KY 408/Oak Level Rd and Woodall Cutoff Road due to downed trees and power lines
Trigg County
Trees are reported down all over the county. KYTC personnel had to cut and move trees to get to the maintenance facility to get needed equipment. Trees are reported down along KY 139 both north and south of Cadiz with trees down along U.S. 68-Business. Trees are down at more than 20 locations around the county.
KYTC District 2 is reporting a tree blocking one lane of I-24 near the 79mm in Christian County.
Due to the number of roadways blocked by downed trees and power lines, travel is not advised until crews have had time to clear roadways. Please be aware of your localized weather conditions. Another line of thunderstorms is entering our West Kentucky counties from Missouri and Arkansas, with an additional round of severe weather possible tonight.
Additional information about specific locations with damage as it becomes available.
Please be weather aware and monitor the National Weather Service site at www.weather.gov/PAH or their Facebook page.
Radar images courtesy of www.weatherobservatory.com.
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