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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

905 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



...FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR

PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS COUNTY WISCONSIN HAS EXPIRED.



MOST OF THE FLOODING PROBLEMS HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AS OF THIS

EVENING...WITH ROADS EITHER CLOSED OR TRAFFIC REDUCED TO SINGLE

LANES ON SOME COUNTY ROADS IN PINE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. AFTER

RECEIVING AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN...THE SWOLLEN DRAINAGE DITCHES AND

CULVERTS SHOULD VERY SLOWLY START TO RECEDE AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON.



THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORTS THAT COUNTY ROAD 123 IN PINE

COUNTY WAS CLOSED FROM SANDSTONE TO ASKOV EARLIER THIS EVENING.

ACCORDING TO THE PATROL...THE ROAD MAY REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY

MORNING. OTHER COUNTY ROADS IN PINE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY ALSO HAVE

WATER COVERING ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE ROADS.



IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING ACROSS THE NORTHLAND OVERNIGHT...BE

ESPECIALLY WEARY OF LESSER TRAVELED ROADS WHICH MAY HAVE WASHOUTS

NOT YET REPORTED. 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.



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