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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1032 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2007



MNC001-021-035-061-190400-

CROW WING MN-AITKIN MN-CASS MN-ITASCA MN-

1032 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED FOR ITASCA...CASS...NORTHWESTERN 

AITKIN AND CROW WING COUNTIES...



A CHECK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTERS INDICATES LITTLE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING AS OF 1030 PM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN 

THE EVENING ALONG HIGHWAY 169 IN ITASCA COUNTY. 



RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS INTO EARLY MORNING...BUT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NOW EAST OF THIS AREA. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS 

MAY CONTINUE TO RISE OVERNIGHT AS RUNOFF PERSISTS...SO CONTINUE TO 

WATCH FOR POSSIBLE RISES IN STREAMS AND RIVERS OVERNIGHT. 



BECAUSE IT IS NIGHTTIME...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME ROAD 

WASHOUTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WASHOUT OR AREAS WHERE 

WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD...TURN AROUND AND REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DULUTH



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

      4711 9318 4779 9311 4783 9439



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