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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
656 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN CARLTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER INTERSTATE 35 AND
  HIGHWAY 33.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DULUTH...SUPERIOR...CARLTON...CLOQUET...ESKO...FOND DU LAC...NEW
  DULUTH...OLIVER...PROCTOR...SCANLON...THOMSON...WEST DULUTH AND
  WRENSHALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DULUTH
MN.

&&

LAT...LON 4662 9263 4674 9263 4679 9208 4677 9206
      4673 9204 4671 9199 4662 9198

$$

MELDE