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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1046 AM EST SAT FEB 22 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...
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LMK.
THIS AFTERNOON AT 500 PM EST.
KYC041-103-187-222200-
/O.EXT.KLMK.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-250222T2224Z/
/LPTK2.2.ER.250216T0812Z.250218T0615Z.250222T1624Z.NO/
1046 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCKPORT LOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 33.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 30 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 13.8 FEET THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3834 8496 3868 8522 3872 8511 3850 8490
3835 8481
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