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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

400 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN 

MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...



MORE HEAVY RAIN IS IN STORE FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING

INTO MONDAY. UNFORTUNATELY...SOME RIVERS ARE STILL FLOODING...AND

THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED...FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS 

OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS.



THE NEXT POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM TO TAKE AIM ON THE NORTHLAND WILL

HEAD OUT OF COLORADO TODAY...AND SPREAD INTO WISCONSIN BY MONDAY

MORNING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE AHEAD OF THE STORM TODAY...

LEAVING THE FUEL IN PLACE FOR THE SYSTEM TO WORK WITH. THE RESULT

WILL BE HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON...AND

PERSISTING INTO MONDAY. THE RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM COULD BE

EXCESSIVE...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN MOST PLACES...WITH 

UP TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME SPOTS. AS A RESULT...A FLOOD 

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHWESTERN 

WISCONSIN...AND ALL OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 

KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES.



RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN

MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. CONSULT THE LATEST NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...AND FOR

ALREADY FLOODED RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE FURTHER. DO NOT APPROACH

OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.

ONE TO TWO FEET OF FLOWING WATER IS SUFFICIENT TO CARRY ANY PASSENGER

VEHICLE TOWARD DEEPER AND FASTER WATER. SIX INCHES OF FLOWING WATER

WILL KNOCK DOWN AND WASH AWAY ANY ADULT ON FOOT. REPORT FLOODING OR

RAPIDLY RISING WATER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



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