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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 121802

FFWPAH

INC051-130000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1157 AM CST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL 600 PM CST.



* AT 1130 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 BUT HOLDING STEADY. 

THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO HOLD NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 

48 HOURS.



THE WARNING IS BEING ISSUED DUE TO POSSIBLE SOFT SPOTS AND 

WEAKNESSES ALONG THE LEVEE. 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 

IN THIS AREA OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3839 8742 3836 8732 3821 8733 3821 8745

      3818 8748 3818 8769 3821 8770 3821 8780

      3829 8793 3828 8791 3832 8788 3829 8785

      3835 8783 3842 8775 3845 8762 3849 8758

      3848 8756 3851 8754 3849 8750 3852 8748



$$

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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 121802

FFWPAH

INC051-130000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1157 AM CST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL 600 PM CST.



* AT 1130 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 BUT HOLDING STEADY. 

THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO HOLD NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 

48 HOURS.



THE WARNING IS BEING ISSUED DUE TO POSSIBLE SOFT SPOTS AND 

WEAKNESSES ALONG THE LEVEE. 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 

IN THIS AREA OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3839 8742 3836 8732 3821 8733 3821 8745

      3818 8748 3818 8769 3821 8770 3821 8780

      3829 8793 3828 8791 3832 8788 3829 8785

      3835 8783 3842 8775 3845 8762 3849 8758

      3848 8756 3851 8754 3849 8750 3852 8748



$$

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