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WGUS81 KRLX 180222
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
922 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA...OHIO...KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON AFFECTING LAWRENCE, WAYNE, BOYD AND
CABELL 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 930 AM EST.
KYC019-OHC087-WVC011-099-181430-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0027.250218T0334Z-250219T0834Z/
/HNTW2.1.ER.250218T0334Z.250218T1200Z.250219T0234Z.NO/
922 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 49.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 50.5 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE 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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