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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

702 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  NORTHERN CROW WING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS...

  SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HIBBING...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 656 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  TACONITE...SILICA...PENGILLY...NASHWAUK...MARBLE...LITTLE SWAN...

  LEETONIA...LA PRAIRIE...KELLY LAKE...KEEWATIN...GUNN...DAYS HIGH

  LANDING...COLERAINE...COHASSET...CALUMET...BOY RIVER...BOVEY AND

  BLACKBERRY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 169 2 MILES SOUTH 

OF GRAND RAPIDS. SPOTTERS ALSO REPORT SOME MINOR FLOODING IN 

COHASSET...AND WATER OVER A STREET IN BOVEY NEAR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4712 9465 4746 9287 4711 9275 4683 9306

      4673 9467



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