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EXPIRED5/17/2025 9:14:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
5/17/2025 9:14:00 AM until 5/17/2025 9:15:00 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 915 PM EDT.
The National Weather Service in Jackson KY has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Kentucky...
Kentucky River at Heidelberg affecting Lee County.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Kentucky River at Heidelberg.
* WHEN...From this morning to Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Low lying areas flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:45 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 19.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this afternoon to a crest of 20.6 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 20.0 feet.