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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1019 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



...WATER CAUSING TRAVEL PROBLEMS THIS MORNING...



HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED SOME

ROADS AROUND THE AREA TO BECOME FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. THE MOST

WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS OCCURRING THIS MORNING WERE ON RURAL

ROADS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LAKE COUNTY. A STRETCH OF EAST BEAVER

BAY ROAD WAS COVERED WITH WATER. FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST...THE COOK

COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER AND SOME DEBRIS COVERING A SECTION OF

HIGHWAY 61 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOFTE.



EARLIER THIS MORNING...A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 23 IN THE FOND DU LAC

AREA JUST SOUTHWEST OF DULUTH...WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED. THIS

WAS DUE TO AN ICE JAM...OF WHICH THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES ARE

CURRENTLY TRYING TO BREAK UP.



THE SHERIFFS OFFICES IN THE COUNTIES OF CARLTON...DOUGLAS AND

BAYFIELD...ALSO REPORTED WATER COVERING SOME ROADWAYS THIS MORNING.

SEVERAL CITY AND RURAL ROADS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY HAD PONDING OF

WATER...WITH UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE ON A FEW SPOTS ON COUNTY ROADS.



WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF

THE MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WATER LEVELS ON FLOODED ROADS WILL

BE SLOW IN DIMINISHING DURING THE REST OF THE DAY. THE ADDITIONAL

PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO REMAIN HIGH. AS A

RESULT...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR THE MINNESOTA COUNTIES OF COOK...LAKE...ST

LOUIS AND CARLTON...AND THE WISCONSIN COUNTIES OF DOUGLAS AND

BAYFIELD.



DRIVERS NEED TO USE CAUTION TODAY...AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH

STANDING WATER. THE WATER MAY BE HIDING PORTIONS OF THE ROAD THAT

HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS LOCATED NEAR RIVERS AND

STREAMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS AS WELL AS TAKE ANY

NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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