FRANKFORT, KY (FOX19) - Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has declared a State of Emergency in the Comnonwealth due to storms and flooding.  A release is below, with a photocopy of the declaration below that.


Governor Steve Beshear today declared a State of Emergency due to the severe storms and flooding that have impacted the state beginning last week.

Heavy rains and multiple rounds of severe weather occurred over much of Kentucky, Southwest Missouri, Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana over the weekend.  This weather pattern is expected to continue for the next several days.  As a result, sharp rises have occurred on the minor rivers and tributaries across most of the Commonwealth; minor to moderate flooding is expected on these water courses. 

The Ohio and Mississippi Rivers are forecast to have major flooding with the possibility of historic flooding along the rivers from KY/TN Line on the Mississippi through the Cairo confluences a

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Two of the stars of a new tornado documentary - one the director/photographer and the other a truck - will be at the Museum Center Sunday.

Tornado Alley is an Omnimax film, the production of which was a focal point in the cable TV program Storm Chasers.  Sean Casey and the storm chasing vehicle the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) will be available at the museum from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. and from 3:45 to 5:30 p.m.

They will make encore appearances from 7:00- 10:00 a.m. Monday on Fountain Square and at the Museum Center from 11:00 a.m.

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky is taking shipment of more road salt in the midst of a winter that has taxed supplies.

WPSD-TV in Paducah reports the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will get another 15,000 tons of salt from Kansas City and will distribute it statewide.

Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd says the state has used more than 400,000 tons of salt so far this winter - about 24,000 tons more than was used all of last winter.

Todd says the state orders salt periodically to match the amounts used for each snowstorm.

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