EMERGENCY BLOG ACTIVATED: Severe Weather, Flooding Potential

3:55 pm -- Most of the Dubois REC customers have had power restored.  Now 90 are without power, mainly in Jefferson Township.

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3:30 pm -- Close to 500 people are without power following this afternoon's storms, according to the Dubois REC Outage Map.  Madison and Patoka Townships remain the areas with the greatest number of outages.

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2:30 pm -- FLASH FLOOD WARNING has been cancelled.

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12:51 pm -- Duff Road SE is closed between 600 West and 525 West until further notice due to downed power lines.

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12:33 pm -- Around 650 without power in Dubois County, according to the Dubois REC Outage Map.  The main concentration of outages are in Madison and Patoka Townships

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12:27 pm -- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Perry Crawford counties.  Warning for Dubois has been extended until 12:45 p.m. 

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11:54 am -- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Warrick & Spencer Counties, locally, until 12:30 p.m. eastern.

Storms have a history of wind damage.

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[11:51 am] -- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... 

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT 

* AT 1047 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PETERSBURG TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WINSLOW TO NEAR FOLSOMVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. 

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JASPER, HUNTINGBURG, FERDINAND, HOLLAND, DUBOIS, CELESTINE, SAINT MARKS, PORTERSVILLE, MILLERSPORT AND BRETZVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && HAIL...<.75IN WIND...70MPH

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[11:40 am] SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING until 12:15 pm eastern.... ---has been issued for  * Gibson *Pike Counties

70 mph wind gusts, nickle size hail possible.  Damage to trees and homes possible.

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[11:32 AM] -- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... 

NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... 

* UNTIL NOON EDT 

* AT 1128 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PAOLI, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAOLI, STAMPERS CREEK, CAMPBELLSBURG, LIVONIA, SALTILLO, BROMER, WOODLAWN GROVE, SMEDLEY, BRAXTONS SIDING AND CLAYSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH

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[11:20] -- Here is what we are watching. 60 mph winds, lots of rain and some hail possible.


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News Director David Shepherd has activated the WITZ Emergency Live News Blog for the weather headed toward the area. A severe thunderstorm watch and a flood watch are in effect.

We will update the news blog frequently as warnings or other emergency information comes into the newsroom.


[11:00 a.m.]  -- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA......

 * CLARK *CRAWFORD *DUBOIS *FLOYD *HARRISON *ORANGE *PERRY *SCOTT *WASHINGTON.

MEANWHILE -- FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND MUCH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. *

FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY DROPPED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND RUNOFF IS EXPECTED AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED INCIDENTS OF FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

THE HIGHEST RISK OF FLOODING IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY AND BLUEGRASS PARKWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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