699  
WGUS43 KJKL 171314  
FLWJKL  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
914 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 AT HEIDELBERG AFFECTING LEE 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.  
 

 
 
KYC129-180115-  
/O.NEW.KJKL.FL.W.0032.250517T1314Z-250518T2200Z/  
/HLDK2.1.ER.250517T1800Z.250518T0600Z.250518T1600Z.NO/  
914 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY EVENING
 
   
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KENTUCKY RIVER AT HEIDELBERG.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, LOW LYING AREAS FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:45 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 20.6 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3769 8385 3757 8366 3750 8373 3763 8392  
 

 
 
GEERTSON  
 
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