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WGUS41 KRLX 171636
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1136 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...OHIO...
KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON AFFECTING CABELL, BOYD, WAYNE AND
LAWRENCE 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 1145 PM EST.
KYC019-OHC087-WVC011-099-180445-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0027.250218T1030Z-250219T0600Z/
/HNTW2.1.ER.250218T1030Z.250218T1800Z.250219T0000Z.NO/
1136 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 50.0 FEET, WV ROUTE 2 AT GLENWOOD FLOODS. MANY LOW
LYING SECTIONS NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER.
AT 51.0 FEET, WV ROUTE 60 EAST, MAIN STREET, AND ABOVE PATS BRANCH
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 47.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 50.2 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 50.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
50.5 FEET ON 02/14/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3848 8235 3846 8221 3834 8254 3843 8265
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