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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

906 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...

  CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HIBBING...ELY...COOK...



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 

  ST. LOUIS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...POSSIBLY UP TO AROUND

  5 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM COOK TO GHEEN. ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL ST. LOUIS AS WELL. 



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

  GREANEY...GHEEN...CUSSON...BUYCK...SIDE LAKE...CHISHOLM AND ASH

  LAKE.



THE SITUATION BETWEEN GHEEN AND COOK COULD BECOME EXTREMELY 

DANGEROUS VERY QUICKLY WITH EXTENSIVE FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG 

HIGHWAY 53 AND NEAR ANY CREEKS AND RIVERS. IF YOU SEE ANY WATER 

CROSSING THE ROAD...TURN AROUND AND DO NOT CROSS THE ROAD. IT COULD 

BE HIDING A WASHOUT. 



RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 

PORTIONS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN 

HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS. 



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4825 9309 4716 9303 4719 9184 4823 9185



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