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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1039 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN AITKIN AND PINE COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARLTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  PINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 1039 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
  OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS
  MUCH OF PINE... SOUTHERN AITKIN AND SOUTHERN CARLTON COUNTIES.
  WATER IS FLOODING OVER MANY STATE HIGHWAYS AND LOCAL COUNTY
  ROADS...AND SEVERAL ROAD WASH OUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.  BETWEEN 5
  AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED
  AREA...AND SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL THROUGH 1 AM...WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE THE FLOODING
  SITUATION WORSE OVERNIGHT.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN AITKIN AND PINE
COUNTIES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-
THREATENING SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PINE CITY...HINCKLEY...MILLE LACS LAKE...BIG SANDY LAKE...
  SANDSTONE...AITKIN...ROCK CREEK...CARLTON...BARNUM...MAHTOWA...
  WILLOW RIVER...WRENSHALL...MCGREGOR...ASKOV...MALMO...CROMWELL...
  RUTLEDGE...HOLYOKE...KETTLE RIVER AND PALISADE.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN PINE CITY AND MOOSE LAKE...
AND STATE HIGHWAY 23 BETWEEN SANDSTONE AND HOLYOKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-
THREATENING SITUATION! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

ABANDON CAMPGROUNDS AND CAMP SITES NEAR STREAMS... CREEKS AND RIVERS
FOR HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4573 9314 4598 9314 4598 9305 4616 9306
      4615 9343 4624 9343 4625 9381 4676 9378
      4666 9229 4608 9229 4606 9233 4602 9235
      4603 9242 4597 9247 4599 9252 4595 9255
      4592 9267 4588 9273 4577 9278 4573 9283

$$
 MILLER
