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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1213 AM CDT THU APR 12 2001



...HEAVY RAINS CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING OVERNIGHT...



HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE DAY TODAY...COMBINED WITH THE AFTER

EFFECTS FROM LAST WEEKENDS HEAVY RAINFALL...HAS RESULTED IN MORE

FLOODED ROADWAYS AND STREAM LEVELS TONIGHT. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE

BEEN CLOSED IN CARLTON COUNTY TONIGHT DUE TO HIGH WATER. GILBERT

ROAD, LAKE SHORE DRIVE NEAR MOOSE LAKE AND ONE ROAD IN SILVER

TOWNSHIP HAD TO BE CLOSED. THE CITIES OF BAYFIELD AND WASHBURN

HAVE REPORTED FLOODED STREETS. HWY 137 IN BAYFIELD COUNTY

HAS WATER ON THE ROAD. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE

WATER ON ACROSS THEM.



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST

OF TONIGHT FOR CARLTON, SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS, DOUGLAS AND BAYFIELD

COUNTIES.



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. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR RIVERS AND CREEKS

SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS.



TAP/DVM

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