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WGUS81 KRLX 180949
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
449 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
WEST VIRGINIA...KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON AFFECTING BOYD, CABELL, LAWRENCE AND
WAYNE 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 500 PM EST.
KYC019-OHC087-WVC011-099-182200-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-250219T1500Z/
/HNTW2.1.ER.250218T0242Z.250218T1800Z.250219T0900Z.NO/
449 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 50.0 FEET, WV ROUTE 2 AT GLENWOOD FLOODS. MANY LOW
LYING SECTIONS NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER.
AT 51.0 FEET, WV ROUTE 60 EAST, MAIN STREET, AND ABOVE PATS BRANCH
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 50.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 50.9
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT.
- 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
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