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EXPIRED4/15/2024 5:03:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
4/15/2024 5:03:00 AM until 4/15/2024 5:15:00 PM
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 515 PM EDT.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Kentucky...Ohio...
Ohio River at Ashland affecting Boyd and Lawrence Counties.
For the Ohio River...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Ohio River at Ashland.
* WHEN...Until tomorrow morning.
* IMPACTS...At 52.0 feet, Minor flooding of roads in low lying areas
begin to flood due to backwater from creeks.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 4:00 AM EDT Monday the stage was 52.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 4:00 AM EDT Monday was 52.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 52.2
feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just
after midnight tonight.
- Flood stage is 52.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
52.1 feet on 12/24/2018.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood