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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
250 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BAYFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AN AREA OF 3 TO NEARLY 5 INCHES OF
RAINFALL ALREADY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR
STRETCHED FROM HERBSTER EAST SOUTHEAST TOWARD JUST JUST WEST OF
WASHBURN. COUNTY HIGHWAY C UNDER THE HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL.
STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BAYFIELD...CORNUCOPIA...HERBSTER...PORT WING AND WASHBURN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4673 9146 4684 9133 4684 9127 4688 9117
4687 9111 4690 9109 4690 9104 4682 9078
4678 9085 4669 9086 4662 9097
MELDE
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