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EXPIRED2/12/2025 8:06:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
2/12/2025 8:06:00 AM until 2/12/2025 8:15:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 815 PM EST.
The National Weather Service in Jackson KY has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Kentucky...
Cumberland River at Barbourville affecting Knox County.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Cumberland River at Barbourville.
* WHEN...From this morning to Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 27.0 feet, Low lying roads flood. Manchester street
floods.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:00 AM EST Wednesday the stage was 26.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 28.3
feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late
tonight.
- Flood stage is 27.0 feet.