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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

746 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008



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CROW WING MN-AITKIN MN-ST. LOUIS MN-CASS MN-ITASCA MN-

746 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA...CENTRAL CASS...SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS...

NORTHERN AITKIN AND NORTHERN CROW WING COUNTIES...



AT 738 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN SPOTS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER FAR SOUTHERN ITASCA AND NORTHERN AITKIN 

COUNTIES IN THE BALL BLUFF...JACOBSON...HILL CITY...SWATARA...AND 

SWAN RIVER AREAS. THERE WERE ALSO THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

IN THE WABEDO AND PONTORIA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WHIPHOLT...WAWINA...WARBA...WALKER...TOIVOLA...TOBIQUE...TACONITE...

...PENGILLY...NASHWAUK...MARBLE...LITTLE SWAN...LEETONIA...LA 

PRAIRIE...KEEWATIN...HIBBING...GRAND 

RAPIDS...GOODLAND...ELMER...COLERAINE...COHASSET...CALUMET...BOVEY 

AND BLACKBERRY. HIGHWAYS 169 SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS AND HIGHWAY 65 

SOUTH OF SWAN RIVER TO NEAR LIBBY WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.



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

      4673 9467



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