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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
752 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY AFFECTING BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES.
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING BUTLER, OHIO AND MUHLENBERG
COUNTIES.
.RECENT HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LMK.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON CST.
KYC031-227-221800-
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/WDHK2.3.ER.250213T0910Z.250218T2200Z.250224T0600Z.NO/
752 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, KY 403 AT JAMES MCKINNEY BRIDGE FLOODS.
WATER OVERFLOWS LOCK WALL.
AT 30.0 FEET, SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS FLOOD NEAR WOODBURY.
AT 32.0 FEET, LOW SPOTS ON NORTH AND SOUTH CHURCH STREETS IN
WOODBURY FLOOD.
AT 33.0 FEET, OLD FERRY RIVER ROAD IN ABERDEEN FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 35.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 PM CST FRIDAY WAS 38.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 18.8 FEET
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
35.1 FEET ON 05/05/2011.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3713 8641 3716 8665 3728 8680 3739 8678
3728 8659 3724 8641
KYC031-177-183-221800-
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/RCHK2.2.ER.250213T0710Z.250221T0215Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
752 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE 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.
AT 44.0 FEET, KY 1117 FLOODS NEAR MINING CITY.
AT 45.0 FEET, KY 70 FLOODS BETWEEN DUNBAR AND SOUTH HILL. WATER
ENTERS BASEMENTS IN SOME HOMES ALONG RIVER IN ROCHESTER.
AT 46.0 FEET, KY 70 FLOODS ONE MILE NORTH OF ROCHESTER.
AT 47.0 FEET, ROCHESTER IS CUTOFF.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 PM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 49.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:45 PM CST FRIDAY WAS 49.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 38.7 FEET
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
49.3 FEET ON 12/13/1978.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3728 8680 3718 8690 3727 8697 3739 8678
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