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WGUS83 KLMK 210215  
FLSLMK  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
815 PM 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.  
 
...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 HAS CAUSED 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 315 AM CST.  
 
 
 
KYC031-177-183-211700-  
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-241222T0142Z/  
/RCHK2.1.ER.241219T0252Z.241220T2215Z.241221T1942Z.NO/  
815 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 7:45 PM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 38.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 32.4 FEET  
WEDNESDAY 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  
 
 
 
KYC031-227-210915-  
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-241221T0905Z/  
/WDHK2.1.ER.241219T0551Z.241220T0100Z.241221T0305Z.NO/  
815 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, KY 403 AT JAMES MCKINNEY BRIDGE FLOODS.  
WATER OVERFLOWS LOCK WALL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 PM CST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 11.7 FEET WEDNESDAY 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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