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WGUS81 KRLX 180956
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
456 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND AFFECTING BOYD, GREENUP AND LAWRENCE
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.
KYC019-089-OHC087-182200-
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/ASHK2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250218T1800Z.250219T2112Z.NO/
456 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 4:00 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 54.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 54.9
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 52.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
54.8 FEET ON 12/26/1921.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3846 8248 3843 8265 3857 8287
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