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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT - COR

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

830 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 WATER LEVELS WERE 

DECLINING. HOWEVER, 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. RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING AND COMMUNITIES 

ALONG THESE RIVERS CAN EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGH 

THE DAY.



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. RESIDENTS IN THE 

ODANAH AREA WERE NOTIFIED OF THE 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.



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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