

000 

WGUS53 KPAH 120609

FFWPAH

INC051-121200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1210 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL 6 AM CST.



* AT 1205 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE WATER 

LEVEL ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZELTON WITHIN SEVERAL INCHES OF THE 

TOP OF THE LEVEE. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING OVERNIGHT 

AND COULD FLOW OVER THE TOP OF THE LEVEE.



DUE TO SOFT SPOTS AND WEAKNESSES ALONG THE LEVEE...IT IS HIGHLY 

POSSIBLE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE LEVEE COULD FAIL.  

SHOULD THERE BE A BREACH IN THE LEVEE...THE RIVER WATERS WILL 

QUICKLY FLOW INTO HAZELTON CAUSING APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE 

TOWN TO BECOME FLOODED. EVACUATIONS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN THE 

HAZELTON AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

    



LAT...LON 3828 8793 3820 8766 3825 8736 3848 8754

      3841 8772



$$



JAP

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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 120609

FFWPAH

INC051-121200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1210 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL 6 AM CST.



* AT 1205 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE WATER 

LEVEL ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZELTON WITHIN SEVERAL INCHES OF THE 

TOP OF THE LEVEE. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING OVERNIGHT 

AND COULD FLOW OVER THE TOP OF THE LEVEE.



DUE TO SOFT SPOTS AND WEAKNESSES ALONG THE LEVEE...IT IS HIGHLY 

POSSIBLE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE LEVEE COULD FAIL.  

SHOULD THERE BE A BREACH IN THE LEVEE...THE RIVER WATERS WILL 

QUICKLY FLOW INTO HAZELTON CAUSING APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE 

TOWN TO BECOME FLOODED. EVACUATIONS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN THE 

HAZELTON AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

    



LAT...LON 3828 8793 3820 8766 3825 8736 3848 8754

      3841 8772



$$



JAP

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