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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1134 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ALONG WITH SURFACE
  OBSERVATIONS REPORTED PRECIPITATION TOTALS RANGING FROM 1 INCH NEAR
  GRAND MARAIS TO NEARLY 6 INCHES NEAR TWO HARBORS. ADDITIONAL
  RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL INTO AREAS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE
  DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DULUTH...
  GRAND MARAIS...ALGER...ARNOLD...BEAVER BAY...CASTLE DANGER...
  CHESTER PARK DULUTH...EAGLE MOUNTAIN...FINLAND...FRENCH RIVER...
  GRAND PORTAGE...HOVLAND...ILLGEN CITY...KNIFE RIVER...LAKEWOOD
  TWP...LARSMONT...LESTER PARK DULUTH...LITTLE MARAIS...LUTSEN...
  MURPHY CITY...PALMERS...RICE LAKE TWP...SCHROEDER...SILVER BAY...
  TACONITE HARBOR...TOFTE...TWO HARBORS AND WALES.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 61 ALONG THE NORTH SHORE HAVE
COME INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM LARSMONT TO SILVER BAY.
AREA ROADWAYS HAVE BECOME OVERWHELMED WITH THE HIGH RAIN RATES AND
DRAINAGE DITCHES ARE FULL OR OVER FILLED. A SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED
THE KNIFE RIVER WAS JUST UNDER THE HIGHWAY 61 BRIDGE NEAR 
KNIFE RIVER. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS OVERLAND FLOW MOVES 
THROUGH CREEKS AND STREAMS TOWARDS LARGER RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

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


&&

LAT...LON 4783 8994 4773 9042 4760 9076 4702 9163
      4673 9218 4680 9239 4798 9087 4811 9039
      4812 9018 4808 9000 4800 8989 4804 8977
      4801 8949 4801 8948

$$

GOHDE