Active Advisories:    Flash Flood Watch Flood Warning Flood Advisory

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    Reported at Cloquet Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting System, MN
    4:16 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
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Flash Flood Watch


...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT AND BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

MUCH OF THE REGION HAS ALREADY SEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS
PAST WEEK AND AGAIN THIS MORNING. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT OVER THE SAME AREAS...AREAL
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

MNZ012-019>021-026-034>038-WIZ001-006-007-280900-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BURNETT-WASHBURN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...

GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...AITKIN...

DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER
324 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE 
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS... 
CENTRAL ST. LOUIS...CROW WING...NORTHERN AITKIN...NORTHERN 
COOK/NORTHERN LAKE...PINE...SOUTHERN AITKIN...SOUTHERN 
COOK/LAKESHORE...SOUTHERN ITASCA AND SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE. 
IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...BURNETT...DOUGLAS AND WASHBURN. 

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A COLD FRONT ON SATURATED SOILS WILL 
ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES 
OF RAIN IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME POSSIBLE. 

* IF YOU LIVE NEAR A RIVER...STREAM OR IN A LOW LYING AREA...BE 
SURE TO MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND BE READY 
TO HEAD TO COVER IN THE EVENT FLOODING OCCURS. THIS COULD BE A 
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE WATER RISES VERY QUICKLY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

Flood Warning


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... 

MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR FORT RIPLEY AFFECTING MORRISON AND CROW WING
COUNTIES
ST. LOUIS RIVER AT SCANLON AFFECTING CARLTON COUNTY

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE 
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...

MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR AITKIN AFFECTING AITKIN COUNTY

.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS HAS SATURATED SOILS AND 
GENERATED RAPID RUNOFF IN AREA RIVER BASINS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST OVER THESE AREAS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.  
AS OF 1100 AM SUNDAY MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE OVER 
THEIR BANKS. THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND ANTICIPATED HEAVY 
RAIN WILL RESULT IN EFFICIENT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS
WILL CONTINUE DRIVING RIVER LEVELS HIGHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY THE REPORT
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...

FOR THE MOST RECENT RIVER INFORMATION GO TO OUR WEB PAGE AT: 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DLH 
AND VISIT THE AHPS/RIVER INFORMATION SECTION FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN...DON'T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

&&

MNC017-281848-
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/SCNM5.2.ER.120528T1500Z.120529T0600Z.120531T0600Z.NO/
149 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
THE ST. LOUIS RIVER AT SCANLON.

* FROM MONDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* AT 11:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND 
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 11.6 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE 
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* AT 12.0 FEET...WATER APPROACHES CANOE RENTAL SHOP AND RESTURANT 
NEAR THE RIVER..  
THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.8 FEET ON OCT 13 1973.

&& 

FLOOD  TODAYS  24 HR        FORECAST 7AM     
LOCATION      STAGE  STAGE   CHG    MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI

DULUTH FORECAST POINTS
SCANLON     10.5    9.2   -0.6    10.2  11.4  10.8  10.4  10.3

Flood Advisory


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE ST. LOUIS RIVER...

ST. LOUIS RIVER AT SCANLON AFFECTING CARLTON COUNTY 

.HEAVY RAINS FROM LAST THURSDAY AND FORECASTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 
1 TO 2 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL PUSH THE ST. LOUIS
RIVER LEVELS TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY.

MNC017-280238-
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/SCNM5.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
938 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
THE ST. LOUIS RIVER AT SCANLON.

* AT  8:30 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.

* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 10.0 FEET MONDAY MORNING.

* AT 10.5 FEET...PROPERTY FLOODING OCCURS AT TWO BUSINESSES IN 
SCANLON..

&& 

FLOOD  TODAYS  24 HR        FORECAST 7AM     
LOCATION      STAGE  STAGE   CHG    SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU

DULUTH FORECAST POINTS
SCANLON      10.5   9.5           10.0   9.8   9.6   9.5   9.3
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