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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
929 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KENTUCKY...
SOUTH FORK KENTUCKY RIVER AT BOONEVILLE AFFECTING OWSLEY 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 930 PM EDT.
KYC189-180130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FL.W.0033.250517T2000Z-250518T1507Z/
/BOOK2.1.ER.250517T2313Z.250518T0600Z.250518T0906Z.NO/
929 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK KENTUCKY RIVER AT BOONEVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 27.0 FEET, LOW LYING AREAS FLOOD. THE BRIDGE AT UPPER
WOLF CREEK ROAD, SHEPHARDS LANE, AND THE EAST END OF APPLEGATE
ROAD AT BUCK CREEK ARE IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 28.4 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3757 8366 3748 8362 3734 8363 3732 8375
3745 8373 3750 8373
GEERTSON
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