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WGUS81 KRLX 180313
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1013 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...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING AT 1015 AM EST.
KYC019-OHC087-WVC011-099-181515-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0027.250218T0313Z-250219T0834Z/
/HNTW2.1.ER.250218T0242Z.250218T1200Z.250219T0234Z.NO/
1013 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO 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 10:00 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 50.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 50.5
FEET TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TUESDAY 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
RPY
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