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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

800 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005



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

IN ASHLAND COUNTY...



EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN BROUGHT 

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN TO PARTS OF BAYFIELD, ASHLAND, AND IRON 

COUNTIES. THE DULUTH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THE 

ORDER OF 4 TO 7 INCHES.  REPORTS FROM AUTOMATED STATIONS ALONG WITH 

COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ALSO INDICATED THESE AMOUNTS. 



DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, SEVERAL RIVERS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA 

ROSE VERY RAPIDLY JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. THE NORTH FISH CREEK NEAR 

MOQUAH ROSE TO 18 FEET, WHICH IS 6 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THIS WAS 

A RISE OF 12 FEET IN JUST A FEW HOURS.  THE WHITE RIVER NEAR ASHLAND 

ROSE TO 8 FEET, WHICH IS 2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THE BAD RIVER 

NEAR ODANAH ROSE TO 9.6 FEET, WHICH WAS A RISE OF OVER 7 FEET, BUT 

BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 18 FEET. 



AT 700 AM...THE NORTH FISH CREEK NEAR MOQUAH, AS WELL AS THE WHITE 

RIVER NEAR ASHLAND REMAINED ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BUT LEVELS WERE 

DECLINING.  THE BAD RIVER NEAR ODANAH CONTINUED TO SLOWLY RISE.  

REPORTS WERE ALSO RECEIVED THAT THE POTATO RIVER IN IRON COUNTY WAS 

RUNNING HIGH AND FAST. 



COMMUNITIES ALONG THESE RIVERS CAN EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN 

HIGH THROUGH THE DAY.  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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BRANDT

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