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EXPIRED5/17/2025 9:12:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
5/17/2025 9:12:00 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 near Ravenna affecting Estill County.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Kentucky River near Ravenna.
* WHEN...From this morning to early Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 21.5 feet, Sang Branch Road is under water at Red
Lick Creek.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:20 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 20.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 22.8
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage late Sunday evening.
- Flood stage is 21.0 feet.