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WGUS83 KLMK 190148
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
848 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING MUHLENBERG, OHIO AND BUTLER
COUNTIES.
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE AFFECTING EDMONSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LMK.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY MONDAY MORNING AT 700 AM CDT.
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848 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 34.0 FEET, ROCHESTER FERRY STOPS OPERATION.
AT 37.0 FEET, REEDS AND ROCHESTER FERRIES REMAIN CLOSED. KY 369
FLOODS ONE MILE NORTH OF ROCHESTER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 37.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE AND
CONTINUE RISING WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO A CREST OF 38.0
FEET THURSDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
39.0 FEET ON 03/22/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3728 8680 3718 8690 3727 8697 3739 8678
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848 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, GREEN RIVER FERRY CLOSES TO RV AND TRAILER
TRAFFIC DUE TO HIGH WATER. HEAVY LOADS WILL BE AT THE JUDGMENT OF
THE FERRY OPERATOR CONSIDERING THE 12 TON LOAD LIMIT OF FERRY.
BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING ON THE GREEN RIVER FLOODPLAIN IS PROHIBITED.
AT 20.1 FEET, LAUNCHING OF PADDLE CRAFT IS PROHIBITED.
AT 32.0 FEET, GREEN RIVER FERRY CLOSES TO ALL TRAFFIC DUE TO HIGH
WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 32.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:00 PM CDT SUNDAY WAS 33.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 26.9 FEET
FRIDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
34.6 FEET ON 02/12/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3719 8604 3715 8611 3713 8641 3724 8641
3724 8617 3728 8610
KDW
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