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WGUS81 KRLX 180309
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1009 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND AFFECTING LAWRENCE, BOYD 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 1015 AM EST.
KYC019-089-OHC087-181515-
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/ASHK2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250218T1800Z.250219T1255Z.NO/
1009 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 52.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS
BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER FROM CREEKS.
AT 55.5 FEET, KY ROUTE 3 FLOODS IN CATLETTSBURG.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 53.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 PM EST MONDAY WAS 53.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 54.4
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 52.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
54.5 FEET ON 03/15/1935.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3846 8248 3843 8265 3857 8287
RPY
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