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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
602 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE AFFECTING EDMONSON COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN FROM THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CAUSE THE RIVER TO RISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 100 AM CDT.
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602 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW 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 5:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 33.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:00 AM CDT SUNDAY WAS 33.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 34.0
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
34.6 FEET ON 02/12/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3719 8604 3715 8611 3713 8641 3724 8641
3724 8617 3728 8610
MJ
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