824
WGUS81 KRLX 191110
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
610 AM EST WED FEB 19 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KENTUCKY...OHIO...
OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND AFFECTING BOYD, LAWRENCE 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 EVENING AT 615 PM EST.
KYC019-089-OHC087-192315-
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610 AM EST WED FEB 19 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 52.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS
BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER FROM CREEKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:00 AM EST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 53.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:00 AM EST WEDNESDAY WAS 54.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 36.6 FEET EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 52.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
53.5 FEET ON 05/16/1924.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3846 8248 3843 8265 3857 8287
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