

000 

WGUS53 KDLH 080349 CCA

FFWDLH

MNC001-017-021-035-115-137-WIC031-080915-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1013 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CROW WING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  CARLTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA

  PINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

  CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 1013 PM THE AITKIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES REPORTED HEAVY RAIN

  WAS CAUSING HYDROPLANING ON SOME ROADS. THIS IS LIKELY THE SAME 

  CONDITION THAT EXISTS OR WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN BRAINERD AND DULUTH.



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL 

  DURING THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAIN OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL RUNOFF

  AND CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...

  STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND DITCHES ALONG ROADS. THIS COULD ALSO

  LEAD TO ROAD WASH OUTS AND FLOODING OF NEARBY LOW AREAS.



SOME CITIES AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE 

BRAINERD....WALKER...HACKENSACK...PILLAGER...PINE RIVER...AITKIN...

MCGREGOR...CARLTON...MOOSE LAKE...DULUTH...AND FLOODWOOD. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT. IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



.END



LAT...LON 4720 9184 4643 9235 4609 9483 4680 9477



&&

CS

