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WGUS41 KRLX 171558
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1058 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK AFFECTING GREENUP AND SCIOTO COUNTIES.
FOR THE OHIO RIVER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1100 PM EST.
KYC089-OHC145-180400-
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/GNUK2.1.ER.250218T0349Z.250218T1800Z.250219T1443Z.NO/
1058 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 54.0 FEET, THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF MAINLY
LOW-LYING AREAS. BACKWATER FLOODING STARTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
RIVER.
AT 56.0 FEET, SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED AND BACKWATER
AFFECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 51.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 55.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 54.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
55.3 FEET ON 01/22/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3857 8287 3872 8293 3874 8283
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