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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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.

&&

Hazardous Weather Outlook

351 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
EARLY THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY DIMINISH AND LIFT TO THE NORTH
BY THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN
FROM THE WEST...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASS LAKE TO
MOOSE LAKE TO SHELL LAKE.

THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT
ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHLAND. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ALONG A NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR EXTENDING FROM
BRAINERD TO SPOONER...NORTHWARD THROUGH THE TWIN PORTS ALONG
HIGHWAY 61 AND 53...AND INTO THE TIP OF THE ARROWHEAD. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED
SOILS...WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. CHECK THE
LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Cook, Cook Municipal Airport, .

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Cook, Cook Municipal Airport, .