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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

139 AM CDT THU APR 12 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 

DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES...



AS OF 130 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING OF 

ROADS NEAR THE FOND DU LAC COMMUNITY OCCURRING AT THIS 

TIME...ALTHOUGH THE ST. LOUIS RIVER LEVEL WAS UP SLIGHTLY. DAM 

OPERATORS INDICATED THE ST. LOUIS RIVER FLOWS HAD BECOME STEADY AT 

THE THOMPSON AND FOND DU LAC DAMS. HOWEVER...SOME DAMMING OF ICE WAS 

OCCURRING UPSTREAM FROM THE DAMS. IF THE ICE WERE TO SUDDENLY BREAK 

FREE...A RISE IN THE RIVER LEVEL WOULD OCCUR.



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

CONINUE TO MONITOR RIVER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO 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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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR WARNING INFORMATION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

139 AM CDT THU APR 12 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 

DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES...



AS OF 130 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING OF 

ROADS NEAR THE FOND DU LAC COMMUNITY OCCURRING AT THIS 

TIME...ALTHOUGH THE ST. LOUIS RIVER LEVEL WAS UP SLIGHTLY. DAM 

OPERATORS INDICATED THE ST. LOUIS RIVER FLOWS HAD BECOME STEADY AT 

THE THOMPSON AND FOND DU LAC DAMS. HOWEVER...SOME DAMMING OF ICE WAS 

OCCURRING UPSTREAM FROM THE DAMS. IF THE ICE WERE TO SUDDENLY BREAK 

FREE...A RISE IN THE RIVER LEVEL WOULD OCCUR.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR THE ST. 

LOUIS RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE FOND DU LAC DAM.



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

CONINUE TO MONITOR RIVER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO 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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