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WGUS81 KRLX 191109
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
609 AM EST WED FEB 19 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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 430 PM EST.
KYC089-OHC145-192130-
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/GNUK2.1.ER.250218T0347Z.250218T2215Z.250219T1516Z.NO/
609 AM EST WED FEB 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 56.0 FEET, SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED AND
BACKWATER AFFECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM EST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 54.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:45 AM EST WEDNESDAY WAS 55.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 31.1 FEET
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 54.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
54.8 FEET ON 03/07/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3857 8287 3872 8293 3874 8283
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