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WGUS73 KPAH 120914

FFSPAH

INC051-121200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

309 AM CST WED JAN 12 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GIBSON COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM

CST...



 AT 305 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE WATER LEVEL 

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

OF THE LEVEE AND SLOWLY RISING. 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.



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JAP

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