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WGUS81 KRLX 180119
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
819 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK AFFECTING SCIOTO AND GREENUP 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING AT 830 AM EST.
KYC089-OHC145-181330-
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/GNUK2.1.ER.250218T0351Z.250218T1800Z.250219T1443Z.NO/
819 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 53.4 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
RPY
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