635  
WGUS83 KLMK 201610  
FLSLMK  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
1010 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
KENTUCKY...  
 
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING MUHLENBERG, OHIO AND BUTLER  
COUNTIES.  
 
GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY AFFECTING BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES.  
 
.HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LMK.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT AT 245 AM CST.  
 

 
 
KYC031-177-183-211015-  
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-241222T0400Z/  
/RCHK2.1.ER.241219T0252Z.241220T1300Z.241221T2200Z.NO/  
1010 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* 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 8:45 AM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 38.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 8:45 AM CST FRIDAY WAS 38.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 32.4 FEET  
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- 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  
 

 
 
KYC031-227-210845-  
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-241221T0834Z/  
/WDHK2.1.ER.241219T0551Z.241220T0100Z.241221T0234Z.NO/  
1010 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, KY 403 AT JAMES MCKINNEY BRIDGE FLOODS.  
WATER OVERFLOWS LOCK WALL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 AM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:00 AM CST FRIDAY WAS 27.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.2 FEET WEDNESDAY  
MORNING.  
- 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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