THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL NINE P-M THIS EVENING.  STAY TUNED TO THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION, WITH BULLETINS AT ONCE.

GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR SAYS 25 COUNTIES AND 11 CITIES IN KENTUCKY HAVE DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THE STORMS.  MANY OF THE COUNTIES ARE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.  THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO MOBILIZED MEMBERS OF THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD, WITH MORE THAN 80 MEMBERS HELPING WITH SANDBAGGING EFFORTS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MOTORIST SAFETY AS ROADS ARE FLOODING IN THE COMMONWEALTH.  TRANSPORTATION CABINET SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS U-S 60 AT THE DAVIESS/HENDERSON COUNTY LINE WAS CLOSED THIS MORNING DUE TO FLOODING. OTHER ROAD CLOSURES OF NOTE INCLUDE U-S 51 BETWEEN WICKLIFFE AND CAIRO, ILLINOIS AND U-S 62 IN CARLISLE COUNTY.

IN CLARKSVILLE, SOME 12 HUNDRED C-D-E CUSTOMERS REMAINED WITHOUT POWER LATE THIS MORNING FROM THE STORMS, ACCORDING TO A STORY ON THE LEAF CHRONICLE'S WEBSITE.  IT WAS ALSO REPORTED JUST OVER 300 CUSTOMERS OF CUMBERLAND ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVE WERE ALSO WITHOUT POWER.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS ONE OF THE CANDIDATES SEEKING THE JOB AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.  FORMER OHIO GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND TELLS THE NEWSPAPER ERIC D. FINGERHUT IS INTERESTED IN REPLACING HOPKINS COUNTY NATIVE LEE TODD, WHO IS RETIRING AT THE END OF JUNE.