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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

928 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

  SOUTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 915 PM CDT DAM OPERATORS REPORTED THE ST. LOUIS RIVER WAS 

  REACHING CRITICAL FLOW LEVELS AT THE THOMPSON AND FOND DU LAC 

  DAMS. DUE TO THESE HIGH LEVELS...ADDITIONAL WATER WILL NEED TO  

  BE RELEASED CAUSING FLOODING DOWNSTREAM OF THE FOND DU LAC 

  DAM...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF FOND DU LAC.



* AS OF 915 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER HAD ALREADY REACHED 

  RESIDENTIAL YARDS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WATER STREET.   



RESIDENTS ALONG THE ST. LOUIS RIVER BELOW THE FOND DU LAC DAM SHOULD

SEEK HIGHER GROUND. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 



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