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WGUS81 KRLX 180502
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1202 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK AFFECTING GREENUP AND SCIOTO 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 1215 PM EST.
KYC089-OHC145-181715-
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/GNUK2.1.ER.250218T0347Z.250218T1800Z.250219T1445Z.NO/
1202 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 54.0 FEET, THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF MAINLY
LOW-LYING AREAS. BACKWATER FLOODING STARTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 54.2 FEET AND RISING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 55.5
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 54.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
55.3 FEET ON 01/22/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3857 8287 3872 8293 3874 8283
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