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WGUS81 KRLX 180944
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
444 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
WEST VIRGINIA...
OHIO RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT AFFECTING GALLIA AND MASON 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 445 PM EST.
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444 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 40.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AREAS SURROUNDING POINT PLEASANT
AND VICINITY ARE FLOODED DUE TO BACKWATER. ALSO, THE AMPITHEATER
LOWER PIER IS FLOODED AND HALF WAY UP THE STEPS. SALT CREEK ROAD,
HANNAN TRACE ROAD, HUNTINGTON ROAD AT BOGGS RUN ROAD AND MASON
EIGHTY ROAD START TO FLOOD.
AT 41.0 FEET, THE ADDISON, BLAVILLE ROAD IN OHIO IS FLOODED AND
LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING POINT PLEASANT AND VICINITY ARE
FLOODED DUE TO BACKWATER.
AT 42.0 FEET, THE LITTLE KYGER ROAD IN OHIO IS FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 42.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:00 AM EST TUESDAY WAS 42.6 FEET. THE RIVER HAS
CRESTED AT THIS LOCATION.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 26.6 FEET BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
42.6 FEET ON 02/27/1909.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3897 8216 3886 8200 3870 8211 3872 8226
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