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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
603 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING BUTLER, OHIO AND MUHLENBERG
COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN FROM THE PAST FEW 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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603 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* 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 4:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 37.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 37.2 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
39.0 FEET ON 03/22/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3728 8680 3718 8690 3727 8697 3739 8678
MJ
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