Mudslide in Hickman may keep downtown road closed for days

The flash flood emergency in the city of Hickman includes dealing with a mudslide in the downtown area caused by the torrential rains.

KYTC personnel are working with the city of Hickman along KY 94 where a mudslide is blocking a section of Carroll Street in the downtown area. The hillside has continued to move in this area, carrying trees along with it. 

The roadway will likely remain closed for several days until the hillside can dry out so engineers can determine how to safely clear the roadway and stabilize the area.

The National Weather Service said Friday morning that Hickman has received about 10 inches of rain since Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 5.5 inches on Friday by 6 a.m. 

Meanwhile, roadways are flooded in many other locations too numerous to list.

KYTC reports water over these roadways as of 10 a.m.:

Fulton County
KY 94/Carroll St is CLOSED and barricaded in downtown Hickman due a mudslide between Moulton Street and Cumberland Street
KY 94 is CLOSED and barricaded in the Lower Bottom “Dip” Area between KY 311 and KY 1099
KY 94 has Water Over Road signs in Willingham Bottom  between KY 1907 and KY 1125 east of Cayce
KY 1907/Swamp Root Road is CLOSED
KY 2140 is CLOSED and barricaded due to a culvert washout between KY 94 and KY 1129

Hickman County
US 51 is CLOSED and barricaded at the Cane Creek Bridge between KY 1728 and KY 1540 - KYTC personnel monitoring
KY 2206/Spring Hill Road has Water Over Road signs posted south of KY 288
KY 3061/Coon Club Rd has Water Over Road signs posted in the Brush Creek area and Whitlock Road intersection
KY 123 is CLOSED and barricaded at Obion Creek in the Hailwell Corner Area