Active Advisories: Flood Warning Flash Flood Watch
Currently
Reported at Superior, Richard I. Bong Airport, WI
4:35 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012- 45°F7°C
Fog- Feels Like:44°F6.4°CDew Point:43°F6°CHumidity:93%
Winds:ENE 3 mph 5 kph
Pressure:29.68 in1005 hPaVisibility:0.50 miles804.50 meters
Flood Warning
431 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS... NORTHWESTERN WASHBURN...BURNETT AND EAST CENTRAL PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT MONDAY... AT 428 AM CDT...LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS DOUGLAS...BURNETT...AND NORTHWEST WASHBURN COUNTIES SO FAR OVERNIGHT. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. CREEKS... STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM HEAVY RAIN...AND DITCHES AND CULVERTS ARE FULL AS WELL. IT CAN TAKE SOME TIME FOR WATER TO START FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ALPHA... BRANSTAD...CHAFFEY...CLOVERTON...COZY CORNER...DAIRYLAND...DANBURY... FALUN...FOUR CORNERS...GORDON...GRANTSBURG...HERTEL...KINGSDALE... MARKVILLE...MOOSE JUNCTION...RIVERSIDE...SIREN...SOLON SPRINGS... TRADE LAKE...TRADE RIVER...WASCOTT...WEBB LAKE...WEBSTER AND YELLOWLAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN. && LAT...LON 4564 9281 4641 9218 4639 9164 4641 9155 4572 9216 4572 9252 4564 9254
Flash Flood Watch
MNZ012-019>021-026-034>038-WIZ001-006-007-281200- /O.CON.KDLH.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120528T1200Z/ /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 331 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS 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. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALONG A COLD FRONT LIFTING EAST NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS THIS MORNING DUE TO THE FACT THAT MUCH OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST TWO DAYS. SOILS ARE SATURATED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LIKELY BECOME RUNOFF...AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. * 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. &&
