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Cloudburst causes hilltop flooding. Petty's Fork out of banks 2006-06-25 - South Ky 61, Columbia, KY - Photo CM staff. Flash flooding puts water over roadway at several points on KY 61 south to Interchange Petty's Fork covered the Mabel and Ella Little Bottom on Petty's Fork, creating, briefly, Lake Margaret on the Ben and Margaret Farm. The temporary lake was the result of a short, torrential cloudburst Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2006 which caused flooding and pooling in areas which seldom flood. The downpour was apparently confined to a radius of about one mile around Pinewood Country Club. The pond on the Grider Farm filled and overflowed in a swift streams. The flash flooding had water over the roadway at Richard Lee Walker's at the junction of KY 80 & KY 61, and, at one point, nearer to town, only the south lane could be used to get through the recently opened section of KY 61 at the north end of the Ben and Margaret Arnold Farm. The photo was taken at 6:17pm CT, and the waters were already receding, with little remaining evidence of the flashflood remaining at 6:45pm. (Update: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:00am CT. The lake is gone.) Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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