Louisville, KY

Weather Forecast Office

April 2011 Flooding

Record rainfall in April 2011 sent many area rivers into flood, including the Ohio. Below are pictures of the flooding. Click on an image to see a larger version.

April 23

Shelby County:

Floyds Knobs in Floyd County, along Fertig Creek Road and Scottsville Road, sent to us by John Riley:

April 24

Here are some shots from the Clarksville and New Albany area, sent to us by Jamie Huber:


Near Lewis and Clark Parkway in Clarksville	Near Lewis and Clark Parkway in Clarksville	Falls of the Ohio State Park, Clarksville	Blackiston Mill Road at Silver Creek, Clarksville	Blackiston Mill Road at Silver Creek, Clarksville

Blackiston Mill Road at Silver Creek, Clarksville	Blackiston Mill Road at Silver Creek, Clarksville	Blackiston Mill Road at Silver Creek, Clarksville	Blackiston Mill Road at Silver Creek, Clarksville	Spring Street Bridge over Silver Creek in New Albany

April 25

This flooding was along Utica Pike in Jeffersonville. The tree is in the middle of a parking area near a boat ramp. Sent to us by Billy Payne.

The f ollowing photographs were taken in Clark County, Indiana, by Chuck Branham, Chief Photographer for the News and Tribune:


Blackiston Mill	Blackiston Mill	Utica	Utica

April 26

Here floodwaters surround the American Legion in Alton, Indiana (Crawford County):

April 28

These pictures are of Bear Creek and the Blowtown Road Bridge in Grayson County, forwarded to us by Chris Allen of WBKO:

May 3

This is the entrance to Two Creeks Subdivision in Frankfort. Photos by Chuck Geveden.

This amazing picture was taken behind the Elizabethtown Fire Department Station 2 where Hawkins Drive and Gallery Place meet. The area underneath the railroad tracks has been washed out. Photo by Tom Williams.

These aerial photographs were taken by Dubois County Flight Services. They show Patoka Lake overflowing into a spillway, Kellerville Road underwater, Ruxer Golf Course, and US 231.

May4

Here's what Lakeview Golf Course in Frankfort looked like! Photo by Michael Sparks.

This is a picture of the Wheelers Mill Bridge on the Grayson/Hart County line, forwarded to us by Chris Allen of WBKO:

May 5

This image was taken at the Dog Creek Bridge on KY 1015 in hart County, and was forwarded to us by Chris Allen of WBKO: