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FLWPAH



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Paducah KY

1211 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026



...The National Weather Service in Paducah KY has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...Indiana...



  Wabash River at New Harmony



.Run off from recent heavy rain upstream will cause the Wabash River 

at New Harmony to briefly rise to minor flood stage. The river is 

expected to rise to a crest of 15.0 feet Sunday morning. It will 

then fall below flood stage early Sunday afternoon.



For the Wabash River...including New Harmony...Minor flooding is 

forecast.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.



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ILC059-185-193-INC051-129-101915-

/O.NEW.KPAH.FL.W.0013.260510T1200Z-260511T0000Z/

/NHRI3.1.ER.260510T1200Z.260510T1200Z.260510T1800Z.NO/

1211 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Wabash River at New Harmony.



* WHEN...From Sunday morning to tomorrow evening.



* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, The river overflows low ground on the 

  Illinois side.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 11:30 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 14.7 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.0

    feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage

    early tomorrow afternoon.

  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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LAT...LON 3816 8799 3815 8790 3797 8799 3781 8801

      3780 8809 3789 8810





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