By Mark Leberfinger, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
October 6,2013; 5:48PM,EDT
Most of the flooding came from Beargrass Creek and evacuations took place in four sections of the city, according to the Louisville Emergency Management Agency Facebook page.
Heavy rainfall generated ahead of a slow-moving cold front broke two records in Louisville Saturday. One of those records included one that was a century-old.
It was the wettest Oct. 5 on record with 5.91 inches of rain, the National Weather Service forecast office in Louisville reported. The previous record was 3.1 inches, set in 1910.
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The rain also broke the all-time daily record for October, clobbering the previous mark of 5.07 inches of rain on Oct. 18, 2004.
At least 45 roads were closed late Sunday morning, according to the Louisville Metro police.
A small car is upended in a creek in the 3300 block of Ten Broeck Way, in Louisville, Ky., appearing to have driven off the roadway during flooding conditions on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Dozens of people in homes hit by flooding of low-lying areas around Louisville and Jefferson County had to be evacuated overnight, some by rescue personnel using boats, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Scott Utterback),
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