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WGUS81 KRLX 190144
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
844 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
KENTUCKY...OHIO...
OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK AFFECTING SCIOTO AND GREENUP 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 845 AM EST.
KYC089-OHC145-191345-
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/GNUK2.1.ER.250218T0347Z.250218T2215Z.250219T1654Z.NO/
844 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 54.0 FEET, THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF MAINLY
LOW-LYING AREAS. BACKWATER FLOODING STARTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 55.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:45 PM EST TUESDAY WAS 55.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FALLING AND WILL 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
RPY
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