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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
922 AM CST WED FEB 19 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KENTUCKY...INDIANA...
OHIO RIVER AT TELL CITY AFFECTING HANCOCK AND PERRY COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN FROM LAST WEEKEND HAS CAUSED FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LMK.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING WHEN A NEW
FORECAST IS ISSUED. LATE TONIGHT AT 400 AM CST.
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922 AM CST WED FEB 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT TELL CITY.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 35.5 FEET, FLOODGATES BEGIN CLOSING.
AT 38.0 FEET, INDIANA HIGHWAY 66 FLOODS BETWEEN DERBY AND MAGNET...
ROME AND DERBY...AND AT ROCKY POINT.
AT 40.0 FEET, INDIANA HIGHWAY 66 CLOSES ABOVE CANNELTON.
AT 44.0 FEET, BOTTOMLAND ON BOTH SIDES FLOODS. WATER REACHES BASE
OF FLOODWALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:00 AM CST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 43.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 30.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:00 AM CST WEDNESDAY WAS 43.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL TO 43.8 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
IT WILL THEN RISE TO 43.9 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL FALL
TO 43.8 FEET FRIDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 43.9 FEET
SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL FALL AGAIN BUT REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 38.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
43.7 FEET ON 02/28/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3783 8675 3794 8682 3806 8681 3794 8670
KDW
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