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WGUS53 KPAH 131158

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INC051-131800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

600 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.



* UNTIL NOON CST.



* AT 600 AM CST(700 AM EST)... THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR A LEVEE 

FAILURE ON THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZELTON.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

THAT SOFT SPOTS PERSIST IN THE LEVEE...AND THAT A MINOR BREACH HAS 

OCCURRED.  SAND BAGGING AND PUMPING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

MORNING.   



THE RIVER LEVEL AT 500 AM WAS 31.1 FEET...WHICH IS DOWN NEARLY A 

HALF FOOT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A 

HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS RAIN COUPLED WITH THE WEAK SPOTS ALREADY IN THE 

LEVEE...MAY LEAD TO MORE BREACHES OR A FAILURE OF THE LEVEE. THIS IS 

AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD BE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION



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 3844 8746 3844 8742 3838 8741 3838 8732

      3821 8733 3820 8749 3825 8796 3831 8792

      3828 8791 3832 8788 3829 8785 3835 8783

      3842 8775 3845 8767 3845 8762 3851 8755

      3851 8748



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