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WGUS53 KDLH 110202

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MNC071-137-110445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

851 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KOOCHICHING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA

  NORTHEAST ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT



* AT 851 PM CDT....A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

  MOVING SOUTH THROUGH KOOCHICHING AND THE NORTHERN THIRD OF SAINT

  LOUIS COUNTIES.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

  CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE 

INTERNATIONAL FALLS...LITTLE FORK...GRAND FALLS...CRANE LAKE...NETT 

LAKE... ORR...COOK...TOWER...AND ELY AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVES SOUTH OVER THEM BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIGHT. 



INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND THE RAINY LAKE AREA WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS 

DIMINISH...BUT URBAN FLOODING IN THE TOWN WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME.  

HIGHWAY 53 IN THIS AREA WILL BE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING...AND 

TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED 

ROADWAY. WAIT UNTIL THE WATER LEVEL DROPS...OR FIND A SAFE ROUTE.



LAT...LON 4833 9182 4786 9183 4795 9440 4865 9440



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