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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
401 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT AITKIN AFFECTING AITKIN AND CROW WING COUNTIES
.HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO RISING WATER
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, INCLUDING AT AITKIN. THE RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO CREST SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES...
FOR THE MOST RECENT RIVER INFORMATION GO TO OUR WEB PAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DLH
AND VISIT THE AHPS/RIVER INFORMATION SECTION FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. DON'T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
MNC001-035-132101-
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401 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT AITKIN.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 3:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.0 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING.THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY EVENING.
* AT 15.0 FEET...A FEW HOMES BECOME SURROUNDED BY WATER IN THE
CEDARBROOK NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR EAGLE RD. THE AITKIN CITY PARK BECOMES
FLOODED..
THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.0 FEET ON APR 24 1982.
LAT...LON 4650 9370 4630 9420 4644 9420 4655 9415
4665 9370
BJH
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