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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 130556

FFWPAH

INC051-131200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1155 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 600 AM CST.



* AT 1155 PM CST...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 3839 8742 3838 8732 3821 8733 3821 8745

      3818 8748 3818 8769 3821 8770 3824 8797

      3831 8792 3828 8791 3832 8788 3829 8785

      3835 8783 3842 8775 3845 8767 3845 8762

      3851 8754 3849 8750 3852 8748



$$

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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 130556

FFWPAH

INC051-131200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1155 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 600 AM CST.



* AT 1155 PM CST...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 3839 8742 3838 8732 3821 8733 3821 8745

      3818 8748 3818 8769 3821 8770 3824 8797

      3831 8792 3828 8791 3832 8788 3829 8785

      3835 8783 3842 8775 3845 8767 3845 8762

      3851 8754 3849 8750 3852 8748



$$

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