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WGUS81 KRLX 190132
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
832 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...
OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON AFFECTING CABELL, BOYD, 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 600 AM EST.
KYC019-OHC087-WVC011-099-191100-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-250219T1100Z/
/HNTW2.1.ER.250218T0242Z.250218T1500Z.250219T1100Z.NO/
832 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER NEAR HUNTINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 50.0 FEET, WV ROUTE 2 AT GLENWOOD FLOODS. MANY LOW
LYING SECTIONS NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 50.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:00 PM EST TUESDAY WAS 51.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FALLING AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- 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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