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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
632 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT FORT RIPLEY AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN CROW WING
AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES.
.A SUSPECTED ICE JAM DOWNSTREAM OF THE RIVER LEVEL GAGE ON THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR FORT RIPLEY IS INCREASING WATER LEVELS
UPSTREAM AND MAY LEAD TO LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER NEAR FORT RIPLEY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF ICE JAM FLOODING,
FLUCTUATIONS IN WATERS LEVELS OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY. FLOODING CAN BE REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 1-800-685-8612.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RIVER FLOODING IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 1215 PM CST.
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632 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2024
...FLOOD WATCH FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NEAR FORT RIPLEY...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FLUCTUATIONS IN WATERS LEVELS
OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR FORT RIPLEY.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING TO LATE TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT THE
RIVER IS EXPECTED.
AT 11.0 FEET, THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF RURAL AREAS NEAR
FORT RIPLEY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:15 PM CST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...ALREADY INCREASING WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO RISE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MINOR FLOOD STAGE MAY BE
REACHED EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- FLOOD SAFETY INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD.
LAT...LON 4644 9420 4630 9420 4617 9423 4616 9440
4626 9442
NLY
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