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INC051-130600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

556 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL 1200 AM CST.



* AT 556 PM CST (656 PM EST)...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AT 

HAZELTON WERE STILL RUNNING HIGH AND NEAR THE TOP OF THE LEVEE.

 

LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS STILL REPORT POSSIBLE SOFT 

SPOTS OR WEAKNESSES IN THE LEVEEE THAT MAY LEAK...WHICH IS WHY THIS 

WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. SHOULD THERE BE A BREACH IN THE LEVEE...THE 

RIVER WATERS WILL QUICKLY FLOW INTO HAZELTON...CAUSING ONE THIRD OF 

THE TOWN TO BECOME FLOODED. EVACUATIONS IN THIS AREA OCCURRED 

EARLIER TODAY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3824 8788 3823 8735 3831 8738 3856 8753

      3842 8774



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