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WGUS81 KRLX 190117
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
817 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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...
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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 830 AM EST.
OHC053-WVC053-191330-
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817 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 40.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FALLING AND IS FORECAST TO GO BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.
- 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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