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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT(200 AM EST)



* AT 1006 PM CDT(1006 PM EST)...HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE 8 PM HAS 

PRODUCED RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF UP TO THREE INCHES FROM 

PETERSBURG...ALONG ROUTE 356...ONWARD TO OTWELL IN NORTHERN PIKE 

COUNTY. PIKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 56 

EAST OF WINSLOW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. A 

SPOTTER REPORT OF NEARLY 2.5 INCHES WERE REPORTED IN NORTHERN GIBSON 

COUNTY INDIANA. 



* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH GIBSON AND 

PIKE COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 1 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT RAIN. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

FORT BRANCH...HAUBSTADT...OAKLAND CITY...OWENSVILLE...PATOKA...

PETERSBURG...PRINCETON AND WINSLOW



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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

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

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

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3854 8708 3826 8707 3825 8726 3819 8759

          3824 8798 3855 8756

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