079  
WGUS43 KPAH 051639  
FLWPAH  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1039 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...  
 
PATOKA RIVER NEAR PRINCETON AFFECTING GIBSON COUNTY.  
 
.MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ON PATOKA RIVER IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST  
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
 
 
INC051-061845-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.FL.W.0002.260307T0600Z-260314T1031Z/  
/PNTI3.1.ER.260307T0600Z.260309T0000Z.260314T0430Z.NO/  
1039 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY, MARCH  
14...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PATOKA RIVER NEAR PRINCETON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY, MARCH 14.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:45 AM CST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 19.8 FEET SUNDAY  
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY, MARCH  
13.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3842 8770 3843 8747 3839 8741 3836 8741  
3837 8747 3839 8771  
 
 
 
PAH  
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