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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

748 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



...AN UPDATE ON FLOODING PROBLEMS...



FLOODING CONTINUED TO CAUSE PROBLEMS IN PORTIONS OF PINE COUNTY

MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS COUNTY WISCONSIN THIS EVENING.



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

COUNTY WAS CLOSED FROM SANDSTONE TO ASKOV. ACCORDING TO THE

PATROL...THE ROAD MAY REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. ALSO...

COUNTY ROAD 173 IN OGEMA TOWNSHIP NEAR THE MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN BORDER

WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND COULD BECOME WASHED OUT. THE LAW

ENFORCEMENT CENTER REPORTS ABOUT 8 COUNTY ROADS WITH SOME WASHOUTS.



IN WISCONSIN...DOUGLAS COUNTY REPORTED ALL OF HIGHWAY Z JUST

SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF SUPERIOR IN PARKLAND TOWNSHIP WAS CLOSED

DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. WATER ALSO COVERED PORTIONS OF

COUNTY ROADS K...L AND E IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD MAINLY ENDED...THE 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 REMAINS IN

EFFECT FOR PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS COUNTY WISCONSIN

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.



DRIVERS WILL NEED TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THESE

AREAS THIS EVENING. LESSER TRAVELED ROADS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN

REPORTED MAY BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS. 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 LATER STATEMENTS THIS EVENING.



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