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From today’s E’town paper.

LaRue, Nelson schools cancel classes because of flooding
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 6:53 am (Updated: May 3, 11:16 am)

Rain slows spring planting High water is forcing detours today including major highways. Hardin and all of its neighboring counties are under a flood warning today.

Pre-school classes at Valley View Education Center on Hawkins Drive in Elizabethtown have been canceled today and alternative students have been moved to Elizabethtown High School.

Rising water levels prompted the Department of Highways to close U.S. 31W in the southern portion of Elizabethtown until further notice. Running water over the roadway is making travel impassable along East Dixie Avenue near the Interstate 65-Western Kentucky Parkway overpasses.

Here is a list of other road closings and mile markers in Hardin County as of 10 a.m.:
KY 84 – mp 21-24
KY 86 – mp 12-16
KY 210 – mp 0-1
KY 567 – mp 0-1
KY 920 – mp 20-21
KY 1357 – mp 7-8
KY 1391 – mp 0-1
KY 1868 – mp 5-6
KY 1921 – mp 0-5
Ramp to 9001 west from I65N
Ramp to 31W from East 9001

The city fire station on East Dixie had bay doors open this morning so the advancing water could pass through. Standing water had previously closed Steele Drive and parts of Hawkins Drive on Elizabethtown’s south side. Other detours are in effect in the Valley Creek area and along South Wilson Road in Radcliff.

Schools in LaRue and Nelson counties are closed today because flooding has made some primary roads impassable, including U.S. 31E near Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Hodgenville.

The Kentucky Mesonet station in Cecilia reading at 11 a.m. indicates the area has received 1.64 inches since midnight. Most of it fell overnight during a steady deluge. That follows more than 3 inches that fell the first two days of May and a record rainfall in April of 16.72 inches.

All low-lying areas are subject to flooding.

Motorists are reminded of dangers associated with driving through standing water. Do not attempt to bypass barriers erected on closed streets.