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EXPIRED1/26/2024 11:44:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Likely
1/26/2024 11:44:00 AM until 2/4/2024 11:13:00 PM
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Saturday afternoon at 1245 PM CST.
The National Weather Service in Paducah KY has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Indiana...Kentucky...
Ohio River at Newburgh Dam affecting Warrick, Henderson, Spencer,
Daviess and Vanderburgh Counties.
.Above normal rainfall across the Ohio River basin this month will
lead to significant rises over the next week. At Newburgh,
river levels are forecast to rise above flood stage on Monday and
crest around 41.7 feet next Thursday.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING TO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
04...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Ohio River at Newburgh Dam.
* WHEN...From Monday evening to Sunday, February 04.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM CST Friday the stage was 25.7 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late Monday evening to a crest of 41.7 feet Thursday evening.
It will then fall below flood stage Sunday, February 04.
- Flood stage is 38.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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