090
WGUS83 KPAH 291554
FLSPAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1054 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...ILLINOIS...
OHIO RIVER AT SHAWNEETOWN.
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED THE OHIO RIVER TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE AT SHAWNEETOWN.
FOR THE OHIO RIVER...INCLUDING SHAWNEETOWN...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ILC059-069-KYC055-225-301800-
/O.EXT.KPAH.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260601T0000Z/
/SHNI2.1.ER.260529T0305Z.260530T0600Z.260531T1800Z.NO/
1054 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT SHAWNEETOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 33.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS AFFECTING MAINLY
BOTTOMLAND AND SURROUNDING LOW LYING AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 33.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 33.5
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3778 8811 3773 8800 3757 8800 3753 8818
3771 8821
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