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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

955 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ITASCA

AND CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTIES...



THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING WAS CAUSING 

SOME SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF ITASCA AND CENTRAL 

SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES. THE 911 DISPATCH CENTER NEAR VIRGINIA REPORTED 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE CHISHOLM AREA...WITH WATER UP SEVERAL 

FEET ON CARS AND FLOODING AROUND TOWN. OTHER FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN VIRGINIA...WITH A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER ON 

THE HOOVER ROAD...TO NAME A FEW. OTHER SPOTTY REPORTS OF FLOODING 

HAD ALSO BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE IRON RANGE AREA. A SKYWARN SPOTTER 

IN THE TOWN OF KEEWATIN REPORTED 5 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY. 



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 

EVENING...WITH ANOTHER INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

EXPECTED FROM 10 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH OR NEAR THE IRON RANGE AREA TONIGHT...BE 

SURE TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO 

MAKE A VEHICLE BUOYANT...SO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE RIVER OVER THE ROAD MAY BE HIDING A 

WASHOUT WHICH COULD CARRY YOU DOWNSTREAM. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR 

AT NIGHT...AS DARKNESS HIDES SIGNS OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. 



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