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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

435 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...FLASH FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WHITE AND BAD RIVERS

IN ASHLAND COUNTY...



AT 430 AM CDT...THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER IN ASHLAND COUNTY

REPORTED RISING WATER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE WHITE AND BAD

RIVERS IN ASHLAND COUNTIES. THE MAIN PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE NEAR THE

TOWN OF ODANAH...AND RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA WERE BEING

NOTIFIED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR RISING WATER FROM THE WHITE AND BAD

RIVERS.



OTHERWISE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTERS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES

REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF MAINLY SECONDARY ROADS.



HEAVY RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 5 TO 7 INCHES...WAS ESTIMATED TO

HAVE FALLEN BY THE DULUTH DOPPLER RADAR. SURFACE REPORTS ALSO

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS IN BAYFIELD...ASHLAND AND IRON

COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AFFECTED

COUNTIES...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE REMAINDER

OF THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. IT CAN TAKE SOME TIME FOR WATER TO CREST

AFTER THE END OF A HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT...SO SOME PLACES WILL LIKELY

SEE WATER LEVEL RISES THROUGH DAYBREAK.



IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. CAMPERS IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD ALSO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU WILL BE

DRIVING ACROSS BAYFIELD...ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES...BE SURE THAT

YOU NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TURN

AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...IT MAY JUST SAVE YOUR LIFE.



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