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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

553 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND

  BAYFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

  IRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 550 AM CDT...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT         

  CONTINUED TO CAUSE RISING WATER ON AREA RIVERS AND SOME ROADS      

  ACROSS PARTS OF BAYFIELD...ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES THIS MORNING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO INO...IRON 

  RIVER...BENOIT...MARENGO...HIGH BRIDGE...ODANAH...UPSON...ASHLAND  

  AND HURLEY.

   

RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN MAINLY 

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF ASHLAND...BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES. 

THE BAYFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 118 JUST 

OFF OF US HIGHWAY 63 WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. THE 

ASHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF 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. WATER ALSO CONTINUED TO BE HIGH AT 

THE DAM ON THE WHITE RIVER JUST SOUTH OF ASHLAND. OTHER ROADS ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA MAY HAVE WATER OVER THEM AS WELL...AND RIVERS AND 

STREAMS WILL LIKELY BE RISING THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS THAT 

DUMPED ALL THE RAIN HAVE MOVED OFF...RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING. 



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.



LAT...LON 4652 9023 4629 8988 4612 8999 4637 9150

      4673 9154 4688 9097 4663 9060



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