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WGUS81 KRLX 191537
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1037 AM EST WED FEB 19 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
KENTUCKY...
OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK AFFECTING SCIOTO AND GREENUP COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT ASHLAND AFFECTING BOYD, GREENUP AND LAWRENCE
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.
KYC089-OHC145-192315-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-250219T2302Z/
/GNUK2.1.ER.250218T0347Z.250218T2215Z.250219T1702Z.NO/
1037 AM EST WED FEB 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP LOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 56.0 FEET, SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED AND
BACKWATER AFFECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 54.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 AM EST WEDNESDAY WAS 54.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 30.7 FEET MONDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 54.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
54.2 FEET ON 03/07/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3857 8287 3872 8293 3874 8283
KYC019-089-OHC087-200000-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250220T0000Z/
/ASHK2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250218T1445Z.250219T1800Z.NO/
1037 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 10:00 AM EST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 52.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 AM EST WEDNESDAY WAS 53.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 36.5 FEET MONDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 52.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
52.7 FEET ON 04/22/1943.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3860 8274 3846 8248 3843 8265 3857 8287
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