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WGUS53 KDLH 010338

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MNZ010-010700-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1038 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR 

KOOCHICHING COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF KOOCHICHING COUNTY TONIGHT...WITH 

LOCALIZED AREAS OVER 3 INCHES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA...DROPPING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES THROUGH 2 AM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON CITY ROADS 

DUE TO OVERLOADED SEWER SYSTEMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION 

OVERNIGHT AS CITY ROADS AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS AND IN LOW LYING 

AREAS MAY BE FLOODED.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW FEET OF MOVING WATER TO 

CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE.



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