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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

520 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



...AN UPDATE ON FLOODING PROBLEMS...



THE FLOODING PROBLEMS APPEARED TO BE DIMINISHING IN SOME AREAS OF

NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHILE THE FLOODING

CONTINUES TO PLAGUE OTHER AREAS. THE FLOODING PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE

DIMINISHING IN COOK...LAKE...SOUTHERN SAINT LOUIS...CARLTON AND

BAYFIELD COUNTIES AS OF EARLY EVENING.



WATER CONTINUED TO FLOW ONTO HIGHWAY 2 AND COUNTY ROAD C JUST WEST

OF ASHLAND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THERE WAS STILL SOME WATER MOVING

ONTO HIGHWAY 13 NEAR THE SIOUX RIVER BY WASHBURN. BEYOND THAT...THERE

HAS BEEN SOME FLOODING OF LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS ACROSS

THIS AREA.



PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS COUNTY WISCONSIN WAS ANOTHER

STORY. ACCORDING TO THE STATE PATROL...COUNTY ROAD 123 IN PINE

COUNTY WAS CLOSED FROM SANDSTONE TO ASKOV. IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL

MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE ROAD REOPENS. ALSO...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 ALSO 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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