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WGUS53 KPAH 121158

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INC051-121800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

600 AM CST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL 12 PM CST.



* AT 555 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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 THIS MORNING AND COULD FLOW OVER THE 

TOP OF THE LEVEE.



IN ADDITION...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. EVACUATION OF BUILDINGS AND HOMES IN THE 

MOST FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF HAZELTON ARE ONGOING.



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 3826 8793 3819 8763 3823 8735 3836 8734

      3848 8752



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