Event: Flash Flood Warning Alert: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BAYFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... WEST CENTRAL ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH THUNDERSTORMS STILL TRACKING THROUGH THE AREA. A RAIN GAUGE AT THE WHITTLESEY CREEK HAD 1.66 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST HOUR. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ASHLAND...BARKSDALE...BARNES...BAYFIELD...BENOIT...BLUEBERRY... BRULE...CORNUCOPIA...DRUMMOND...HERBSTER...INO...IRON RIVER...LA POINTE...LAKE NEBAGAMON...MAPLE...MASON...MOQUAH...OULU...PORT WING...RED CLIFF...WAINO AND WASHBURN. Instructions: EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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. Target Area: Ashland Bayfield Douglas Forecast Office: NWS Duluth (Northeast Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin)
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:44:24 +0000
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