Johnson County Judge-Executive Mark McKenzie issued a State of Emergency.

The State of Emergency became effective at 10:45 p.m. Sunday.

Per the order, all county roads are closed to non-essential traffic until roads are clear.

Paintsville/Johnson County 911 is receiving multiple reports of vehicular accidents throughout the county.

They are asking everyone to please stay off of the roadways and allow fire-rescue, EMS, law enforcement, road crews, and wrecker services to respond to existing accidents.

We will update this story as we learn more.