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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
924 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER AT NEWBURGH DAM AFFECTING SPENCER, VANDERBURGH,
DAVIESS, WARRICK AND HENDERSON COUNTIES.
FOR THE OHIO RIVER...INCLUDING NEWBURGH DAM...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
INC147-163-173-KYC059-101-230430-
/O.EXT.KPAH.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250228T0325Z/
/NBGI3.2.ER.250209T1100Z.250222T1200Z.250227T2125Z.NO/
924 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT NEWBURGH DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 38.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIVER IS 2500
FEET WIDE AND BEGINS COVERING AGRICULTURAL LAND ON THE KENTUCKY
SIDE.
AT 38.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIVER IS 2500 FEET WIDE
AND BEGINS COVERING AGRICULTURAL LAND ON THE KENTUCKY SIDE.
AT 46.0 FEET, HIGHWAY 662 NEAR THE OLD LOCK AND DAM 47 BEGINS TO
FLOOD. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM THE CURRENT
LOCK AND DAM.
AT 48.0 FEET, WATER APPROACHES PART OF IN 66 ABOUT 1 MILE
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE LOCK AND DAM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 45.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:00 PM CST FRIDAY WAS 45.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 48.0
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 38.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
48.1 FEET ON 03/18/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3801 8745 3790 8721 3780 8728 3787 8745
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