CALLOWAY COUNTY, KENTUCKY (WSIL) -- After overnight rains drenched the region, the National Weather Service began reporting flooding throughout the county by 8 a.m. Sunday.
Areas in Murray had runoff water overflowing from ditches and storm drains leading to flash flooding.
Several washed-out roads were also reported and before noon the National Weather Service issued an Emergency Alert warning of flash flooding until 2:30 p.m.
More than a dozen people who live in the Station 74 apartment complex on Lowes Drive woke up to their vehicles under water including a state trooper patrol car.
One resident, Murray State student Allison Fietsch says, the situation left her "a little frazzled."
"I woke up this morning, it was pouring rain, and I looked out my window and I could see all the cars just submerged in water," she recalls. "I couldn't see my car from my window, but I assumed it was the same situation."
"I've never experienced anything like this," says Fietsch. "It's a new situation for me for sure."
She adds the only silver lining is once her car is returned, it's coming back fully detailed from the inside-out.
Meanwhile, flash flooding hit other parts of the city where the Bee Creek Soccer Complex was completely under water.
Murray-Calloway County Parks Maintenance Director Steve Wilhelm, who oversees the complex says, he's never seen the fields flood like this before.
"It's used to going under water, it's just not used to going under water this bad," says Wilhelm. The soccer fields are in a flood zone, but Wilhelm says this was the first time goal posts were moved and water made it to the building.
During the early afternoon, he was concerned about the rain that was still expected in the coming hours.
"I am worried about the next round," says Wilhelm of the Sunday night forecast. "If the first round did this, I can only imagine what the next round, which is supposed to be more rain coming at us, is going to do down here."
The playground at the park had its Safety Surface completely washed away and is out of service until repairs are made.
