Update @ Noon 12/25:

All but two roads in Troy are back open following two days of heavy rain.

Troy Police Chief Randall Barr says the only roads still closed in the city are the 400 block of Wilson Drive and the 400 block of First Avenue. Barr said both of these roads sustained structural damage due to the rain.

According to the Alabama Department of Transportation, Highway 130 is closed from mile marker 1 to mile marker 10. Highway 93 also remains closed from Lakeview Cemetery to County Road 4408.

As of 9 p.m. Thursday, Pike County EMA Director Jeanna Barnes said the following county roads were closed:

• CR 6632
• CR 6647
• CR 4419
• CR 6648
• CR 6643
• CR 3319
• CR 4427
• CR 3338
• CR 3328
• CR 5511
• CR 2290
• CR 2262

We will continue to update this post as we receive more information.

Update: 7 p.m.

Pike County EMA Director Jeanna Barnes says her office has knows of over 30 roads in the county that have been damaged. Twelve of those roads are barricaded.

Additionally, there have been localized reports of flooding on several streets in Troy. Troy Police Chief Randall Barr said George Wallace Drive from Dendron Avenue to Second Avenue  is closed due to flooding. Additionally, Spradley Drive at Wilson Drive is closed, as well as Park Street between Pell and Thompson.

Barr said additional officers being called in to assist with traffic.

Power outages have been reported in the 400 block of Henderson Highway and in Forest Acres.

Pike County remains under a Flash Flood Warning until 10 p.m. Tuesday.

The county roads that are currently closed are:

•CR 6632

• CR 6647

• CR 4419
• CR 6648
• CR 6643
• CR 3319
• CR 4427
• CR 3338
• CR 3328
• CR 5511
• CR 2290
• CR 2262

 

Original Story:

Pike County remained under a flash flood watch until 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve as heavy rains and flooding prompted concerns in the area.

Pike County EMA Director Jeanna Barnes sent out a civil emergency message around midday on Thursday, telling Pike County residents to stay off the roads except in emergency situations.

“That doesn’t mean all the roads are closed,” she said. “To officially close a road we have to have a barricade across it.

“We sent out this message for the safety of the public.”

Barnes said some areas of the county have reported up to 14 inches of rain in the last 24 hours, causing a rapidly changing flooding situation.

Barnes said the EMA is asking residents to stay off roadways except for emergency or necessary travel. “We don’t want people going around looking for damage, because the crews are still out there assessing the situation,” she said. “It’s going to keep raining and we’re going to have more problems.”

Those problems include flooding across roadways and bridges, sinkholes and sloughing roadsides.

According to Barnes, the roads actually closed include:

• Highway 29 from Josie to the Pike County line;

• Highway 93 from Lakeview Cemetery to Pike County Road 4408 (Pronto Road), essentially from Brundidge to Banks;

• Pike County Road 6647;

• Pike County Road 6648;

• Pike County Road 6622;

• Pike County Road 3319 near Whitewater Church, due to flood water over bridges.

Troy Mayor Jason Reeves said no streets within the city limits of Troy have been closed. “All our roadways are open,” he said. “Obviously we encourage our residents to use caution due to the weather.”

In Brundidge, police said the only roadway officially closed in Highway 93, although several streets have seen localized flooding.

Other areas of concern noted by Barnes include:

• City of Brundidge: Clayton and Johnson Streets flooded

• Highway 125 flooded approximately ½ mile past Mount Olive Church

• Pike County Road 3316, bridge flooded

• Pike County Road 4427, impassable

• Pike County Road 4419, water on roadway near Highway 10

• Pike County Road 6643, one lane flooded.

• Pike County Road 6632, water on roadway

• Pike County Road 5511(Brundidge) – flooding in various locations

• Pike County Road 3326 is closed

Barnes said the best advice to residents is to remember if you can’t see the roadway, don’t try to drive across it.