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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
725 PM CST THU DEC 19 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING BUTLER, MUHLENBERG AND OHIO
COUNTIES.
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY AFFECTING BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK IS CAUSING THE RIVER TO RISE.
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 BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 130 PM CST.
KYC031-177-183-201930-
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-241222T0712Z/
/RCHK2.1.ER.241219T0252Z.241220T1200Z.241222T0112Z.NO/
725 PM CST THU DEC 19 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* 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 6:45 PM CST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 38.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 38.2
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY EVENING.
- 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
KYC031-227-201930-
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-241221T1030Z/
/WDHK2.1.ER.241219T0551Z.241220T0100Z.241221T0430Z.NO/
725 PM CST THU DEC 19 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, KY 403 AT JAMES MCKINNEY BRIDGE FLOODS.
WATER OVERFLOWS LOCK WALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 14.6 FEET
TUESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
26.6 FEET ON 03/11/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3713 8641 3716 8665 3728 8680 3739 8678
3728 8659 3724 8641
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