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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
246 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
EASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.
* AT 246 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TWO HARBORS, KNIFE RIVER, SILVER BAY, BEAVER BAY, CASTLE DANGER,
LARSMONT, ALGER, GOOSEBERRY FALLS STATE PARK, SPLIT ROCK
LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK AND TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AS ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4693 9182 4699 9199 4703 9194 4713 9179
4714 9178 4721 9167 4745 9133 4733 9121
4732 9119 4719 9135 4704 9161 4703 9164
4703 9165 4702 9166 4695 9179
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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