WGUS83 KPAH 091602 FLSPAH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY 1102 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE PATOAKA RIVER IN INDIANA...AFFECTING AREAS NEAR PRINCETON .YESTERDAYS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. SAFETY MESSAGE... NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE UPDATED FORECASTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=PAH /LOWER CASE/ INC051-102002- /O.EXT.KPAH.FL.W.0079.080512T1000Z-080515T1800Z/ /PNTI3.1.ER.080512T1000Z.080513T0600Z.080514T1800Z.NO/ 1102 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PATOKA RIVER NEAR PRINCETON. * FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 10:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING AND CREST NEAR 18.3 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. $$