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WGUS81 KRLX 180228
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
928 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA...KENTUCKY...
TUG FORK RIVER AT KERMIT AFFECTING MARTIN, WAYNE AND MINGO
COUNTIES.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 430 AM EST.
KYC159-WVC059-099-180930-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-250218T0920Z/
/KRMW2.3.ER.250216T0900Z.250217T0730Z.250218T0320Z.NO/
928 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...TUG FORK RIVER AT KERMIT.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 38.0 FEET, SEVERAL ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE
RIVER FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 39.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 11.0 FEET SATURDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 38.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
49.0 FEET ON 05/08/1984.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3779 8233 3776 8245 3789 8250 3791 8238
RPY
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