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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
221 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE AFFECTING EDMONSON COUNTY.
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING OHIO, BUTLER AND MUHLENBERG
COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN FROM THE PAST 36 HOURS WILL CAUSE THE RIVER TO RISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY, TURN AROUND AND FIND AN
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LMK.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 100 PM CDT.
KYC061-181800-
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221 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2025
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, GREEN RIVER FERRY CLOSES TO RV AND TRAILER
TRAFFIC DUE TO HIGH WATER. HEAVY LOADS WILL BE AT THE JUDGMENT OF
THE FERRY OPERATOR CONSIDERING THE 12 TON LOAD LIMIT OF FERRY.
BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING ON THE GREEN RIVER FLOODPLAIN IS PROHIBITED.
AT 20.1 FEET, LAUNCHING OF PADDLE CRAFT IS PROHIBITED.
AT 32.0 FEET, GREEN RIVER FERRY CLOSES TO ALL TRAFFIC DUE TO HIGH
WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 30.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 31.9
FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
- ACTION STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3719 8604 3715 8611 3713 8641 3724 8641
3724 8617 3728 8610
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221 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2025
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO EARLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 1:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 36.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 37.0
FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TUESDAY MORNING.
- ACTION STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3728 8680 3718 8690 3727 8697 3739 8678
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