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WGUS73 KDLH 201544
FFSDLH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1044 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

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LAKE MN-COOK MN-ST. LOUIS MN-
1044 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR DULUTH AND THE NORTH SHORE 
OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

THE MAYOR OF DULUTH HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF 
DULUTH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. 
LOUIS...COOK AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

AT 1044 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOOD ENHANCING 
RAINFALL MOVING TOWARD DULUTH AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
NOON AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.  THIS IS ON TOP OF THE 5 
TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS DULUTH AND THE 
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT.

THE DULUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO ADVISE NO NON-EMERGENCY 
TRAVEL IN THE CITY. RAINFALL OF NEARLY 8 INCHES IN SPOTS WAS NOTED 
FROM THE DULUTH AREA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 61 OF THE NORTH SHORE. 
VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING EXTENSIVE 
DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF DULUTH...WITH SOME COLLAPSED ROADS AND 
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE 
HAS SHOWN REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING RESCUED...VEHICLES FALLING INTO 
SINKHOLES ON COLLAPSED ROADS AND RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERTAKING 
ROADWAYS. 

WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND 
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR ALL AREAS IN DULUTH AND LONG THE 
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR INCLUDING DULUTH... KNIFE RIVER... TWO 
HARBORS... BEAVER BAY... SILVER BAY... TOFTE... STATE HIGHWAY 61 AND 
ALL OTHER ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING...
DULUTH...GRAND MARAIS...ADOLPH...ALGER...ARNOLD...BEAVER 
BAY...CASTLE DANGER...CHESTER PARK DULUTH...EAGLE 
MOUNTAIN...FINLAND...FRENCH RIVER...GRAND PORTAGE...
HERMANTOWN...HOVLAND...ILLGEN CITY...KNIFE 
RIVER...LAKEWOOD TOWNSGHIP...LARSMONT...LESTER PARK DULUTH...LITTLE 
MARAIS...LUTSEN...MUNGER...MURPHY CITY...PALMERS...RICE LAKE 
TWP...SCHROEDER...SILVER BAY...TACONITE HARBOR...TOFTE AND TWO 
HARBORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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...6 INCHES OF MOVING 
WATER WILL MOVE MOST AUTOMOBILES... AND 18 INCHES OF MOVING WATER 
WILL SWEEP AWAY ALMOST ALL VEHICLES INCLUDING SUVS

&&

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

$$
 MILLER