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WGUS81 KRLX 181602
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1102 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
WEST VIRGINIA...KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON AFFECTING WAYNE, CABELL, BOYD AND
LAWRENCE COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK AFFECTING SCIOTO AND GREENUP COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND AFFECTING GREENUP, BOYD AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT AFFECTING GALLIA AND MASON 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 EVENING AT 1115 PM EST.
KYC019-OHC087-WVC011-099-190415-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-250219T1330Z/
/HNTW2.1.ER.250218T0242Z.250218T1500Z.250219T0730Z.NO/
1102 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 51.0 FEET, WV ROUTE 60 EAST, MAIN STREET, AND ABOVE
PATS BRANCH FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 51.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 AM EST TUESDAY WAS 51.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 30.9 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 50.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
51.3 FEET ON 09/20/2004.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3848 8235 3846 8221 3834 8254 3843 8265
KYC089-OHC145-190415-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-250219T2254Z/
/GNUK2.1.ER.250218T0347Z.250219T0000Z.250219T1654Z.NO/
1102 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 56.0 FEET, SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED AND
BACKWATER AFFECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 55.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:45 AM EST TUESDAY WAS 55.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 55.6
FEET THIS EVENING. 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
KYC019-089-OHC087-190415-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250220T0000Z/
/ASHK2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250218T1445Z.250219T1800Z.NO/
1102 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 55.5 FEET, KY ROUTE 3 FLOODS IN CATLETTSBURG.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 54.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 AM EST TUESDAY WAS 54.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 54.8
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY 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
OHC053-WVC053-190415-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-250219T0824Z/
/POPW2.1.ER.250217T1032Z.250218T0645Z.250219T0224Z.NO/
1102 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 42.0 FEET, THE LITTLE KYGER ROAD IN OHIO IS FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 42.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 AM EST TUESDAY WAS 42.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 26.1 FEET SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
42.2 FEET ON 12/01/1985.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3897 8216 3886 8200 3870 8211 3872 8226
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