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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

233 PM CDT THU OCT 28 2004



...HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS WASHBURN AND

SAWYER COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...



AS OF MID AFTERNOON...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER

WASHBURN AND SWAYER COUNTIES.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...

CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.



THE RADAR ESTIMATED...STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...RANGE FROM

NEAR A HALF OF AN INCH...UP TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN

PORTIONS OF WASHBURN AND SAWYER COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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