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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

310 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...WATER POURING OVER THE TOP OF THE WHITE RIVER DAM...



AT 305 AM...THE OPERATOR OF THE WHITE RIVER DAM REPORTED WATER

TOPPING THE DAM. THE DAM IS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND...OR

5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON...ALONG HIGHWAY 112. THE GATES OF THE

DAM WERE OPENING...ALTHOUGH WATER WAS COVERING SOME ROADS

DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTEDLY APPROACHING

SOME DOWNSTREAM STRUCTURES. THE NEAREST TOWN DOWNSTREAM FROM

THE DAM IS THE TOWN OF ODANAH...WHICH IS 11 MILES DOWN RIVER.



HEAVY RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 5 OR 6 INCHES...WAS ESTIMATED BY

DULUTH DOPPLER RADAR. MOST OF THE RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS

BAYFIELD AND ASHLAND COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO

BE A PROBLEM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.



IF YOU LIVE DOWNSTREAM FROM THE WHITE RIVER DAM...PUT YOUR EMERGENCY

OPERATIONS PLAN INTO PLACE...AND HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND. WITH MORE

RUNOFF STILL TO COME...THIS COULD BE A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.



HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PROBLEMS ON OTHER RIVERS...CREEKS AND

STREAMS THROUGHOUT BAYFIELD...ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES THROUGH

DAYBREAK. IF YOU ARE CAMPING IN A LOW LYING AREA...HEAD TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER

COVERED ROADS. TURN AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.



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