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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1237 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY...



NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS KOOCHICHING COUNTY HAVE DUMPED 

AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS 

TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 

ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR...CAUSING LOCALIZED 

FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW AREAS.



CAUTION IS ADVISED IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING ACROSS KOOCHICHING COUNTY 

THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR WHERE 

THE WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD.



WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS ALONG WITH NEW 

RAINFALL...WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS AREA THIS 

AFTERNOON.



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T.ERICKSON/DAP

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