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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1124 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2023
.PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE NORTH SHORE, INCLUDING
THE DULUTH AREA, HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING. FLOOD
REPORTS SO FAR INCLUDE WASHED OUT CULVERTS, WATER OVER ROADWAYS, AND
RIVERS AND STREAMS AT HIGH LEVELS WITH SOME MINOR OVERFLOWING OF
BANKS. THERE ARE REPORTS OF WATER OVER PARKING LOTS AND ROADS NEAR
THE MILLER HILL MALL, AND SCATTERED REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS
IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS OF DULUTH. WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE AND ADDITIONAL
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.
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LAKE MN-ST. LOUIS MN-
1124 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2023
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
..REPLACES FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS ONGOING AND EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.
* WHERE...IN MINNESOTA, LAKE AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS
FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1116 AM CDT SUNDAY, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRAINED
SPOTTERS, AND THE PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 1 AND 5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUPERIOR, HERMANTOWN, TWO HARBORS, PROCTOR, FRENCH RIVER,
STONEY POINT, KNIFE RIVER, CITY OF RICE LAKE, LARSMONT,
IRVING, LAKEWOOD TWP, NORTH SHORE, PALMERS, LAKESIDE-LESTER
PARK, MORLEY HTS/PARKVIEW, CONGDON PARK, CHESTER PARK, EAST
HILLSIDE, KENWOOD AND CENTRAL HILLSIDE.
- FLOOD SAFETY INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS IN HILLY TERRAIN. FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4671 9222 4677 9224 4687 9223 4700 9204
4712 9172 4706 9153 4705 9155 4679 9209
4675 9210
JDS
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