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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

145 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN

CASS...NORTHERN AITKIN...NORTHWEST ITASCA AND SOUTHERN ITASCA

COUNTIES...



RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM PENGILLY...TO 

SWAN RIVER INTO HILL CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 

MPH. SPOTTERS IN BOVEY AND DEER RIVER HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS...WITH WATER COVERING 

SOME ROADS. ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER ONE OF THE 

STREETS IN GRAND RAPIDS. THE CONTINUED RAINFALL IN NORTHERN AITKIN 

AND SOUTHERN ITASCA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM...AND RUNOFF FROM THE 

RAIN EARLIER WILL STILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE WARNED AREA. 

THERE MAY BE ROADS WASHED OUT...ESPECIALLY THE SECONDARY ROADS. DO 

NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADS OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS THEM ON 

FOOT BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS STREAMS AND RIVERS 

MAY SPILL OVER THEIR BANKS.



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