Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Paducah, KY
Areas Affected: Gallatin, IL; Hardin, IL; Crittenden, KY; Union, KY
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Thursday 10:15pm CDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 10:15pm CDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 12:15am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Thursday 10:15pm CDT
Event Ends: Monday 1:00am CDT
Issued by: NWS Paducah KY
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois...Kentucky... Ohio River at Shawneetown. .Recent heavy rainfall has caused the Ohio River to rise above flood stage at Shawneetown. For the Ohio River...including Shawneetown...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Ohio River at Shawneetown. * WHEN...Until early Monday morning. * IMPACTS...At 33.0 feet, Minor flooding occurs affecting mainly bottomland and surrounding low lying areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:30 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 33.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 33.7 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening. - Flood stage is 33.0 feet.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c09f80995cb88adb3eba28c16b5797f0cd742b20.001.1 Codes: KYC055, KYC225 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c09f80995cb88adb3eba28c16b5797f0cd742b20.001.1