757  
WGUS43 KJKL 171312  
FLWJKL  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
912 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KENTUCKY...  
 
KENTUCKY RIVER NEAR RAVENNA AFFECTING ESTILL COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 915 PM EDT.  
 
 
 
KYC065-180115-  
/O.NEW.KJKL.FL.W.0031.250517T1312Z-250519T0950Z/  
/RAVK2.1.ER.250517T1247Z.250518T0600Z.250519T0349Z.NO/  
912 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY  
MORNING...   
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KENTUCKY RIVER NEAR RAVENNA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.5 FEET, SANG BRANCH ROAD IS UNDER WATER AT RED  
LICK CREEK.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:20 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 22.8  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3788 8405 3769 8385 3763 8392 3779 8411  
 
 
 
GEERTSON  
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