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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1110 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXTENDED FOR PARTS OF

NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH

LATE AFTERNOON FOR THE MINNESOTA COUNTIES OF CROW WING...AITKIN...

PINE...CARLTON AND SOUTHERN SAINT LOUIS...AS WELL AS THE WISCONSIN

COUNTIES OF DOUGLAS...BAYFIELD AND ASHLAND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN

THIS ADVISORY ARE BRAINERD...AITKIN...PINE CITY...MOOSE LAKE...

DULUTH...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN AND ASHLAND.



AS OF 1100 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WERE REPORTING FLOODING OR

WASHOUTS OF SOME COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP ROADS IN THE COUNTIES OF

CARLTON...DOUGLAS...BAYFIELD AND ASHLAND. A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 13

BETWEEN PORT WING AND CORNUCOPIA REMAINED CLOSED DUE THE FLAG RIVER.



ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE DAY WILL

ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED

ROADS...THEY MAY BE HIDING A WASHOUT WHICH COULD CARRY YOU TO HIGHER

AND FASTER FLOWING WATER. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG RIVERS AND

CREEKS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS.



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