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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

726 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  CROW WING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRAINERD...

  CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS...



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 724 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GRAND RAPIDS AND COLERAINE AREAS. 

  WATER WAS REPORTEDLY COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 69 NEAR 

  COLERAINE DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  COLERAINE...GRAND RAPIDS...REMER...SWATARA...PEQUOT LAKES...

  BRAINERD...LEADER...BACKUS AND PINE RIVER.



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE BRAINERD 

LAKES AREA AND INTO THE GRAND RAPIDS AND COLERAINE AREAS. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON IN AREAS WHERE 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREAS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4644 9480 4615 9434 4619 9384 4670 9347

      4711 9318 4779 9311 4783 9439



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