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WGUS81 KRLX 180121
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
821 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA...OHIO...
OHIO RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT AFFECTING MASON AND GALLIA 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.
OHC053-WVC053-181330-
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/POPW2.1.ER.250217T1032Z.250218T0600Z.250219T0703Z.NO/
821 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 40.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AREAS SURROUNDING POINT PLEASANT
AND VICINITY ARE FLOODED DUE TO BACKWATER. ALSO, THE AMPITHEATER
LOWER PIER IS FLOODED AND HALF WAY UP THE STEPS. SALT CREEK ROAD,
HANNAN TRACE ROAD, HUNTINGTON ROAD AT BOGGS RUN ROAD AND MASON
EIGHTY ROAD START TO FLOOD.
AT 41.0 FEET, THE ADDISON, BLAVILLE ROAD IN OHIO IS FLOODED AND
LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING POINT PLEASANT AND VICINITY ARE
FLOODED DUE TO BACKWATER.
AT 42.0 FEET, THE LITTLE KYGER ROAD IN OHIO IS FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 42.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:00 PM EST MONDAY WAS 42.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 42.6
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
42.6 FEET ON 02/27/1909.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3897 8216 3886 8200 3870 8211 3872 8226
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