Webster County Emergency Management

Webster County Emergency Management Director Jeremy Moore
Deputy Director Rocky Williams
Deputy Director Jeff Yates
Dispatch 270-639-5012 Searches may last from a few hours to weeks.

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Did you know, State statute requires that every Kentucky county have an Emergency Management Agency? The Emergency Management Agency is routinely called EM, not to be confused with EMS (Emergency Medical Service) which is the ambulance service. The E

M office in smaller counties normally consists of one person, the EM Director. They may have a volunteer deputy director or two and a Search and Rescue Coordinator, while larger County EM Offices may have several paid staff. EM is normally one of those behind the scenes agencies with a wide degree of responsibilities without the public having knowledge of what this agency does. So it is important for the public to know what this agency is and its width and breadth of duties and obligations in local government. The EM Director is in essence the jurisdictions public safety officer. The EM Director works closely with all emergency response agencies, and health care agencies to create a emergency plan called the Emergency Operations Plan that address’s the roles and responsibilities of each agency for the various types of natural or manmade disasters that affect the jurisdiction and how local governments will respond to aid the citizens within the constraints of public law. Among the many duties all of which cannot be covered here but of vital importance include the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). A secure EOC is the direct responsibility of the EM Director. During disasters the EOC serves as the central hub or nerve center for local government and the various response agencies where they come together in a single location to coordinate and make joints decisions as to how to make the best use the manpower and resources available in the jurisdiction. The EM Director is also responsible for hazardous materials (HAZMAT) planning and mitigation planning. During a locally declared disaster or emergency, along with a multitude of other duties, the EM Director is the lead coordinating agency that is responsible for making the decision to open shelters, request assistance from the state or surrounding counties and conduct damage assessment. Extensive preplanning is required to establish and maintain a shelter system to take care of disaster victims that may find themselves with nowhere to go. Shelter locations need the capability to prepare meals, provide sleeping arrangements plus people to manage and run the shelter and provide security. Shelter operations may last a single night or extend into weeks, depending on the disaster and the ability of individuals to find family to live with or make other accommodation arrangements. Often during major disaster local jurisdictions will need assistance from the state or surrounding counties. The EM Director has the responsibility for assuring those requests are properly requested and must plan for the needs of those mutual aid resources when they arrive, to include: feeding, fuel, lodging and providing an individual to serve as a supervisor for those assets to report to. During disasters the EM Director also serves as the primary liaison for the local jurisdiction of government to work directly with state agencies and FEMA to assure that that all possible support and assistance is requested to help the community recovery. Damage assessment is a critical element to recovery from disaster that has destroyed infrastructure, businesses and private residences. The EM Director cannot successfully complete this task alone in the short time frame set by state or federal officials. This damage assessment report not only affects that jurisdiction but affects the entire State’s chance of receiving assistance from FEMA. Therefore every road that may have been affected has to be assessed and individual homes that received damages reported and requires assistance from others who have received proper damage assessment training. Responsibilities for searches for missing persons fall to the EM Director according to state statue. It is EM’s responsibility to assure that there are agencies in the county trained to search for individuals that may have become lost. All searches are highly technical and are considered a life and death mission until the individual is found, because the current condition of the missing person is not known until they are found. The local EM is the initiating agency for Golden Alerts. A Golden Alert is activated for individuals that have been determined to have an organic brain disorder as defined in state statue NOT all missing persons fall in the category of EM responsibility, such as runaways, searches for criminals, activities that are declared criminal in nature by law enforcement or individuals that may be armed and may be a threat to searchers.. This is not an all inclusive list of responsibilities of the EM Director and it should be clear that EM cannot begin to fill their legislative mandates without the help of every emergency response agency in the jurisdiction working together for the citizens and the community. The EM office is a coordinating and support agency during major emergencies and disaster. Together they are a team.

08/20/2026

** UPDATE HIGHWAY REOPENED**

Traffic alert highway 630 is closed near the Webster / Hopkins Line due to a tractor trailer accident Please avoid the area

08/20/2026

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Training thunderstorms are forecast to produce a swath of very
heavy rainfall across portions of our region from late this
evening through the overnight. Rainfall rates of at least 2" per
hour are possible. A swath of 2 to 5" storm total rainfall may be
observed through Thursday morning.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

08/13/2026

**clear**

TRAFFIC ALERT

HIGHWAY 41A outside of Providence toward Dixon is currently CLOSED due to an accident, avoid the area

08/07/2026

Monthly outdoor warning siren test in progress

08/04/2026
07/29/2026
Still a few openings tomorrow Make your appointment below
07/27/2026

Still a few openings tomorrow Make your appointment below

Popup drivers license event in Webster County at the Webster County Public Library 101 KY 132 Dixon, KY 42409 on July 28, 2026. You can renew up to six months early. This will be the last one in Webster County in 2026. You can make your reservations now!

https://driveky.qmatic.io/booking/singlebooking/serviceselection

07/27/2026

Kenergy crews continue making progress on storm‑related outages.

They are currently working to restore service for 74 customers in Webster County, a significant improvement from the nearly 800 affected earlier.

Kenergy - System‑wide, 2,676 customers remain without power as repairs continue.

07/27/2026

Heavy thunderstorms moving slowly southwest...

At 1226 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Ridgway to near Creswell to 8 miles northeast
of Hopkinsville. Movement was south at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph, frequent cloud to ground lightning
and torrential rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Oak Grove, Princeton, Providence, Marion,
Dawson Springs, Cadiz, Eddyville, Sturgis, Shawneetown, Woodlands
Nature Station, Cravens Bay Campground, Fort Campbell, Energy Lake
Campground, Land Between The Lakes Area, Clarksville, Earlington,
Norris City, and Nortonville.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 24 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 36 and 92.
Interstate 69 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 68 and 109.
Western Kentucky Parkway between Mile Markers 39 and 41.
Pennyrile Parkway between Mile Markers 1 and 34.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

Address

773 US Highway 41-A South
Dixon, KY
42409

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