While the Little River is moving back within its banks, concerns remain for destructive flooding to return late Saturday afternoon and into early Sunday.
As such, Christian County Judge-Executive Jerry Gilliam is imploring residents in need to stop by the Christian County Road Department on 2701 Russellville Road for up to 20 bags of sand to help limit damages.
Overnight improvements, Gilliam added, have been observed, and the late Friday night and early Saturday morning hours weren’t nearly as treacherous as Thursday going into Friday.
But now, he said, is the time to prepare for coming possibilities.
Sheltering efforts right now, he said, are sufficient — with St. John’s Methodist Church, and others, taking the lead.
I-169 has been reopened, for now, Gilliam said that was important progress.
Are there enough plans in place? Gilliam said it seems so, but certainly understands families and residents dealing with present difficulties.
Gilliam, and many others in Christian County, are advising for residents to travel only if absolutely necessary — for things like groceries, home supplies and/or sandbags.
Between midnight and 9:45 AM, Christian County had received another 2.16 inches of rainfall, on top of totals received since Wednesday.
By midday Saturday, nearly all available sandbags had been deployed to citizens. Gilliam said they handed out more than 30 tons of sand to more than 80 vehicles, while Oak Grove handed out more than 10 tons of sand.
Meanwhile, Christian County Emergency Management Director said residents should let the recent light rain activity fool them, as the life-threatening event continues through the night and into Sunday. The risk of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail remain present before midnight.
