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WGUS81 KRLX 180959
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
459 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...
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.
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459 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 GREENUP LOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 54.0 FEET, THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF MAINLY
LOW-LYING AREAS. BACKWATER FLOODING STARTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
RIVER.
AT 56.0 FEET, SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED AND BACKWATER
AFFECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:45 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 54.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 55.9
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 54.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
56.0 FEET ON 01/02/1991.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3857 8287 3872 8293 3874 8283
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