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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1005 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING MUHLENBERG, BUTLER AND OHIO
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 IF A NEW FORECAST IS RELEASED OR
THE WARNING ENDS.LATE TONIGHT AT 245 AM CST.
KYC031-177-183-220845-
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/RCHK2.1.ER.241219T0252Z.241220T2215Z.241222T0234Z.NO/
1005 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* 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 8:45 AM CST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 37.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:45 AM CST SATURDAY WAS 38.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 33.1 FEET THURSDAY
MORNING.
- 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
KDW
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