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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

322 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING...



FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS ANOTHER

ROUND OF RAIN MOVES THROUGH PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS

COUNTY WISCONSIN. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH

RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS LEADING TO CONTINUED

FLOODED ROADS. ANOTHER QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IS

POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.



REPORTS FROM PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA INDICATE THAT STATE HWY 123

2 MILES EAST OF SANDSTONE HAS 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER IT

COVERING 200 TO 300 FEET OF HIGHWAY. COUNTY ROAD 173 IN OGEMA

TOWNSHIP NEAR THE MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN BORDER IS COVERED WITH

WATER AND COULD BECOME WASHED OUT. IN WISCONSIN...DOUGLAS COUNTY

REPORTED ALL OF HIGHWAY Z JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH

SUPERIOR IN PARKLAND TOWNSHIP WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE

ROAD.  COUNTY ROAD E AND L IN BENNETT TOWNSHIP NORTH OF SOLON

SPRINGS HAD WATER OVER THE ROAD IN PLACES.



THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING BUT RUNOFF WILL

CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING WITH WATER LEVELS ON THESE ROADS

SLOW TO DIMINISH. AS A RESULT THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD

ADVISORY WILL BE CONTINUED THROUGH THE EVENING FOR PINE COUNTY

MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS COUNTY WISCONSIN.



DRIVERS WILL NEED TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THESE

AREAS ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK THIS EVENING.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS OR STANDING WATER. THE WATER MAY BE HIDING

PORTIONS OF THE ROAD THAT HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. STAY TUNED FOR

UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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