ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
High water dangerous, drive carefully this evening

Flooding occurred over a brief period. Water rose very rapidly in streams in Columbia, subsided quickly, too. New stream diversion system from Fairground Street across Campbellsville successfully diverted flood waters from main roadway.
Click on headline for story with photos being added

By Linda & Ed Waggener

A thunderstorm with hard rainfall hit Columbia around 6:30pmCT and roads and streets quickly became slick. Weather reports had called for only a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms but that was not what residents witnessed. Water covered low lying areas of yards, fields, streets and roads.

Water in our yard on Fortune Street was the highest we have seen it in over 37 years in residency here.

Right after moving a car to avoid the rising water, a check around town found:


  • Flood waters across Reed Street at Fortune

  • South Reed by the Sav-a-Lot Store was a sheet of water, but passable

  • Guardian Street was crossed by a stream of water behind the Downey Eye Clinic

  • Traffic was stopped on Jamestown Street, for the most part, by flood waters over the bridge, although some larger vehicles were fording the creek

  • The Christian Church Park was a small lake.

  • the new stream diversion channel on Campbellsville Street was fillled to capacity, but carrying the water, which built an instant lake behind Adair Automotive

  • Grady Loop behind the First Baptist Church had at least one pool of water
We are still awaiting reports from around the county, and will update as reports come in. - EW/LW.


This story was posted on 2016-08-01 19:26:13
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



High water blocked Reed Street



2016-08-01 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com .
Reed Street was blocked at 7:20 in the throes of the thunderstorm and hard rainfall that hit Columbia around 6:30pmCT.

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



Flood 1 Aug 2016: Town Creek overflows Jamestown Street



2016-08-01 - The Dip on Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).
Some vehicles were fording Town Creek after it briefly overflowed the culvert in the dip at the bottom of Jamestown Street. Others were turning around when this photo was taken Monday evening, August 1, 2016. - EW

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



Flood 1 Aug 2016: Lindsey Hill & Town Creek create small lake



2016-08-01 - Christian Church Park, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).
The valley at the Chistian Church Park off Reed Street was a temporary swift water lake as runoff from Lindsey Hill joined the flash flood waters of Town Creek. Photo Monday evening, August 1, 2016. Ed Waggener

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



Flood 1 Aug 2016: Grady Loop by First Baptist Church



2016-08-01 - Grady Loop, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
Flash flood waters created a pond on Grady Loop by the First Baptist Church. Photo Monday evening, August 1, 2016. - EW

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



Flood 1 Aug 2016: New stream diversion worked to perfection



2016-08-01 - Campbellsville Street at Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).
The Diversion Project completed in 2015 carrying Town Creek in a new channel under Campbellsville Street worked to perfection protecting the Campbellsville Street Roadway during the powerful flash flood Monday evening, August 1, 2016. - EW

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



Flood 1 Aug 2016: High Water near CAUD Wastewater facility



2016-08-01 - Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).
A large lake was formed by Town Creek runoff at the rear of Adair Automotive. The red bridk building is at the Columbia Adair County Wastewater Treatment facility, which was heavily damaged by floodwater in May of 2010. - Ed Waggener

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



Flood 1 Aug 2016: Town Creek diversion taxed, but not overwhelmed



2016-08-02 - Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).
The flash flood yesterday afternoon created flow nearly within one foot of filling the culvert put in place in late 2015, but the system fulfilled its function diverting flood waters from overflowing Campbellsville Street. - EW

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.