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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1109 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE KY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KENTUCKY...
GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE AFFECTING EDMONSON COUNTY.
GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY AFFECTING WARREN AND BUTLER COUNTIES.
GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER AFFECTING MUHLENBERG, OHIO AND BUTLER
COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 515 AM CDT.
KYC061-291015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FL.W.0009.260628T1817Z-260630T1853Z/
/MMCK2.1.ER.260628T1817Z.260629T1200Z.260630T1252Z.UU/
1109 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 10:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 39.3 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
38.0 FEET ON 12/19/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3719 8604 3715 8611 3713 8641 3724 8641
3724 8617 3728 8610
KYC031-227-291015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FL.W.0010.260629T1000Z-260701T0437Z/
/WDHK2.1.ER.260629T1000Z.260630T0000Z.260630T2236Z.NO/
1109 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE TUESDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, KY 403 AT JAMES MCKINNEY BRIDGE FLOODS.
WATER OVERFLOWS LOCK WALL.
AT 30.0 FEET, SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS FLOOD NEAR WOODBURY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 28.4 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
28.5 FEET ON 02/05/2016.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3713 8641 3716 8665 3728 8680 3739 8678
3728 8659 3724 8641
KYC031-177-183-291015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FL.W.0011.260630T0900Z-260701T2200Z/
/RCHK2.1.ER.260630T0900Z.260701T0000Z.260701T1600Z.NO/
1109 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREEN RIVER AT ROCHESTER.
* WHEN...FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO WEDNESDAY 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 10:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 34.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 37.3 FEET TUESDAY
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
37.3 FEET ON 02/13/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3728 8680 3718 8690 3727 8697 3739 8678
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