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WGUS83 KLMK 220147
FLSLMK
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
847 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCKPORT LOCK AFFECTING CARROLL, HENRY AND OWEN
COUNTIES.
.RECENT HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 115 PM
EST.
KYC041-103-187-221815-
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-250222T2030Z/
/LPTK2.2.ER.250216T0812Z.250218T0615Z.250222T1430Z.NO/
847 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCKPORT LOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 30.0 FEET, PARTS OF EAGLE CREEK CAMPGROUND, BETWEEN
WORTHVILLE AND PERRY, FLOOD ALONG KY 355.
AT 33.0 FEET, LOW LYING ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ALONG AND WEST OF KY
355 FLOOD.
AT 36.0 FEET, LOW AREAS OF POINT OF ROCK AND OLD LANDING ROADS,
AND LOW LYING ROADS NEAR PERRY PARK FLOOD IN MONTEREY.
AT 39.0 FEET, OUTBUILDINGS AND BARNS IN MONTEREY BEGIN TO FLOOD.
SOME YARDS BETWEEN EAGLE LANE AND THE RIVER IN PERRY PARK FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 40.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 30 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:30 PM EST FRIDAY WAS 43.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 14.4 FEET
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
39.7 FEET ON 02/26/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3834 8496 3868 8522 3872 8511 3850 8490
3835 8481
CG
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