Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Duluth, MN

085 
WGUS73 KDLH 200639
FFSDLH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
139 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

MNC031-075-137-201030-
/O.CON.KDLH.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120620T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAKE MN-COOK MN-ST. LOUIS MN-
139 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST.
LOUIS...COOK AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. LIVES MAY BE LOST IF 
PEOPLE DO NOT HEED THIS WARNING. 

DULUTH POLICE ARE ADVISING AGAINST TRAVEL IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF 
DULUTH. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES IN SPOTS WAS NOTED FROM THE 
DULUTH AREA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 61 OF THE NORTH SHORE. VARIOUS MEDIA 
OUTLETS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE 
CITY OF DULUTH...WITH ROADS STARTING TO COLLAPSE ALONG THE HILLSIDE 
OF DULUTH. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FLOOD REMINISCENT OF THE FLOOD OF 
1972 AND ONE THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN 
REPORTS IN THE DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE ONLINE LIVE BLOG OF PEOPLE BEING 
RESCUED FROM THEIR BASEMENT APARTMENTS...FALLING INTO SINKHOLES OF 
COLLAPSED ROADS AND RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERTAKING ROADWAYS. 

WE CANNOT STRESS WHAT A MAJOR THREAT THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF DULUTH 
AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALSO PLAY A 
PART IN THE FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY ON THE HILLSIDE. HIGHWAY 61 
REMAINS CLOSED IN SPOTS. JUST BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO 
A DESTINATION NOW...DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL MAKE IT IN ONE TO TWO 
HOURS. THIS IS HOW FAST THIS SITUATION MAY DETERIORATE AS MORE 
RAINFALL MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL 
MORE INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING AND THE UTILITY SYSTEM AND THE 
SATURATED GROUND CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN.

AT 125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
MAJOR FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG MOST OF THE NORTH SHORE OF 
LAKE SUPERIOR...FROM DULUTH TO GRAND MARAIS AND GRAND PORTAGE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...DULUTH...GRAND MARAIS...ADOLPH...ALGER...ARNOLD...BEAVER 
BAY...CASTLE DANGER...CHESTER PARK DULUTH...EAGLE 
MOUNTAIN...FINLAND...FRENCH RIVER...GRAND 
PORTAGE...HERMANTOWN...HOVLAND...ILLGEN CITY...KNIFE 
RIVER...LAKEWOOD TWP...LARSMONT...LESTER PARK DULUTH...LITTLE 
MARAIS...LUTSEN...MUNGER...MURPHY CITY...PALMERS...RICE LAKE 
TWP...SCHROEDER...SILVER BAY...TACONITE HARBOR...TOFTE AND TWO 
HARBORS.

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.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

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 4783 8994 4773 9042 4760 9076 4702 9163
      4673 9218 4680 9239 4798 9087 4811 9039
      4812 9018 4808 9000 4800 8989 4804 8977
      4801 8949 4801 8948

$$

PACKINGHAM

638 
WGUS73 KDLH 200748
FFSDLH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
248 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

MNC031-075-137-201030-
/O.CON.KDLH.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120620T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAKE MN-COOK MN-ST. LOUIS MN-
248 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST.
LOUIS...COOK AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DULUTH AND THE NORTH SHORE...

THE FLOODING SITUATION IN DULUTH CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. THIS IS 
AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND LIVES MAY BE LOST IF PEOPLE DO 
NOT HEED THIS WARNING. 

THERE ARE A COUPLE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. FIRST...MINNESOTA POWER WILL BE 
DISCHARGING 25000 CFS INTO THE SAINT LOUIS RIVER FROM THE FOND DU 
LAC DAM. THIS DISCHARGE IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND WILL RESULT IN 
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY OF FOND DU LAC ALONG 
THE SAINT LOUIS RIVER. THE FOND DU LAC DAM IS NOT AT RISK. THIS 
WARNING IS TO ALERT PEOPLE ALONG THE RIVER OF THE POTENTIAL OF 
FLOODING. WE HAVE HEARD OF EVACUATIONS IN THE FOND DU LAC AREA.

DULUTH POLICE ARE ADVISING AGAINST TRAVEL IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF 
DULUTH. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES IN SPOTS WAS NOTED FROM THE 
DULUTH AREA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 61 OF THE NORTH SHORE. VARIOUS MEDIA 
OUTLETS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE 
CITY OF DULUTH...WITH ROADS STARTING TO COLLAPSE ALONG THE HILLSIDE 
OF DULUTH. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FLOOD REMINISCENT OF THE FLOOD OF 
1972 AND ONE THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN 
REPORTS IN THE DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE ONLINE LIVE BLOG OF PEOPLE BEING 
RESCUED FROM THEIR BASEMENT APARTMENTS...FALLING INTO SINKHOLES OF 
COLLAPSED ROADS AND RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERTAKING ROADWAYS. 

WE CANNOT STRESS WHAT A MAJOR THREAT THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF DULUTH 
AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALSO PLAY A 
PART IN THE FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY ON THE HILLSIDE. HIGHWAY 61 
REMAINS CLOSED IN SPOTS WITH WASHOUTS...OVERFLOWING STREAMS AND 
RIVERS...WASHED OUT CULVERTS AND WASHED OUT ROADS. JUST BECAUSE YOU 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO A DESTINATION NOW...DOES NOT MEAN YOU 
WILL MAKE IT IN ONE TO TWO HOURS. THIS IS HOW FAST THIS SITUATION 
MAY DETERIORATE AS MORE RAINFALL MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. THERE IS 
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING AND THE 
UTILITY SYSTEM AND THE SATURATED GROUND CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...DULUTH...GRAND MARAIS...ADOLPH...ALGER...ARNOLD...BEAVER 
BAY...CASTLE DANGER...CHESTER PARK DULUTH...EAGLE 
MOUNTAIN...FINLAND...FRENCH RIVER...GRAND 
PORTAGE...HERMANTOWN...HOVLAND...ILLGEN CITY...KNIFE 
RIVER...LAKEWOOD TWP...LARSMONT...LESTER PARK DULUTH...LITTLE 
MARAIS...LUTSEN...MUNGER...MURPHY CITY...PALMERS...RICE LAKE 
TWP...SCHROEDER...SILVER BAY...TACONITE HARBOR...TOFTE AND TWO 
HARBORS.

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.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

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 4783 8994 4773 9042 4760 9076 4702 9163
      4673 9218 4680 9239 4798 9087 4811 9039
      4812 9018 4808 9000 4800 8989 4804 8977
      4801 8949 4801 8948

$$

PACKINGHAM

380 
WGUS53 KDLH 201021
FFWDLH
MNC031-075-137-202130-
/O.EXT.KDLH.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120620T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
521 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 509 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAD FALLEN
  ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE
  THAT SOME LOCATIONS NEAR DULUTH MAY HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN
  6 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DULUTH AND THE NORTH SHORE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DULUTH...GRAND MARAIS...ADOLPH...ALGER...ARNOLD...BEAVER BAY...
  CASTLE DANGER...CHESTER PARK DULUTH...EAGLE MOUNTAIN...FINLAND...
  FRENCH RIVER...GRAND PORTAGE...HERMANTOWN...HOVLAND...ILLGEN
  CITY...KNIFE RIVER...LAKEWOOD TWP...LARSMONT...LESTER PARK
  DULUTH...LITTLE MARAIS...LUTSEN...MUNGER...MURPHY CITY...PALMERS...
  RICE LAKE TWP...SCHROEDER...SILVER BAY...TACONITE HARBOR...TOFTE
  AND TWO HARBORS.

THE FLOODING CONDITIONS IN DULUTH AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE 
SUPERIOR CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND 
POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOOD SITUATION. 

EARLY THIS MORNING...MINNESOTA POWER ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE 
INCREASING THEIR DISCHARGE INTO THE SAINT LOUIS RIVER FROM THE FOND 
DU LAC DAM. THE DISCHARGE OF 25000 CFS IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND 
WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN THE FOND DU LAC 
NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG THE SAINT LOUIS RIVER. THE FOND DU LAC DAM IS 
CURRENTLY NOT AT RISK. THIS WARNING IS TO ALERT PEOPLE ALONG THE 
RIVER OF THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AND EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN 
ORDERED. 

THE DULUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISES NO TRAVEL IN THE CITY. RAINFALL 
OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES IN SPOTS WAS NOTED FROM THE DULUTH AREA AND 
ALONG HIGHWAY 61 OF THE NORTH SHORE. VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF 
DULUTH...WITH SOME COLLAPSED ROADS AND NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE FLOOD APPEARS TO BE REMINISCENT OF THE 
FLOOD OF 1972 AND ONE THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. THE DULUTH 
NEWS TRIBUNE ONLINE LIVE BLOG HAD REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING 
RESCUED...VEHICLES FALLING INTO SINKHOLES ON COLLAPSED ROADS AND 
RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERTAKING ROADWAYS. 

WE CANNOT STRESS WHAT A MAJOR THREAT THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF DULUTH 
AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALSO PLAY A 
PART IN THE FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY ON THE HILLSIDE. HIGHWAY 61 
REMAINS CLOSED IN SPOTS WITH WASHOUTS...OVERFLOWING STREAMS AND 
RIVERS...WASHED OUT CULVERTS AND WASHED OUT ROADS. JUST BECAUSE YOU 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO A DESTINATION NOW...DOES NOT MEAN YOU 
WILL MAKE IT IN ONE TO TWO HOURS. THIS IS HOW FAST THIS SITUATION 
MAY DETERIORATE AS MORE RAINFALL MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. THERE IS 
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN TODAY AND THE UTILITY 
SYSTEM AND THE SATURATED GROUND CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4783 8994 4773 9042 4760 9076 4702 9163
      4673 9218 4680 9239 4798 9087 4811 9039
      4812 9018 4808 9000 4800 8989 4804 8977
      4801 8949 4801 8948

$$

PACKINGHAM

846 
WGUS73 KDLH 201200
FFSDLH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
700 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

MNC031-075-137-202130-
/O.CON.KDLH.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120620T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAKE MN-COOK MN-ST. LOUIS MN-
700 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST.
LOUIS...COOK AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DULUTH AND THE NORTH SHORE...

AT 653 AM CDT...THE RAIN HAD LET UP FOR A TIME ACROSS THE DULUTH 
AREA AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE...BUT ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL 
MOVE INTO THE AREA AGAIN THIS MORNING. WEATHER OBSERVERS REPORTED 
NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE DENFELD AREA OF WESTERN DULUTH.

EARLY THIS MORNING...MINNESOTA POWER ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE 
INCREASING THEIR DISCHARGE INTO THE SAINT LOUIS RIVER FROM THE FOND 
DU LAC DAM. THE DISCHARGE OF 25000 CFS IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND 
WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN THE FOND DU LAC 
NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG THE SAINT LOUIS RIVER. THE FOND DU LAC DAM IS 
CURRENTLY NOT AT RISK. THIS WARNING IS TO ALERT PEOPLE ALONG THE 
RIVER OF THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AND EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN 
ORDERED. 

THE DULUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISES NO TRAVEL IN THE CITY. RAINFALL 
OF NEARLY 8 INCHES IN SPOTS WAS NOTED FROM THE DULUTH AREA AND ALONG 
HIGHWAY 61 OF THE NORTH SHORE. VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF 
DULUTH...WITH SOME COLLAPSED ROADS AND NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE FLOOD APPEARS TO BE REMINISCENT OF THE 
FLOOD OF 1972 AND ONE THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. THE DULUTH 
NEWS TRIBUNE ONLINE LIVE BLOG HAD REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING 
RESCUED...VEHICLES FALLING INTO SINKHOLES ON COLLAPSED ROADS AND 
RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERTAKING ROADWAYS. 

WE CANNOT STRESS WHAT A MAJOR THREAT THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF DULUTH 
AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALSO PLAY A 
PART IN THE FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY ON THE HILLSIDE. HIGHWAY 61 
REMAINS CLOSED IN SPOTS WITH WASHOUTS...OVERFLOWING STREAMS AND 
RIVERS...WASHED OUT CULVERTS AND WASHED OUT ROADS. JUST BECAUSE YOU 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO A DESTINATION NOW...DOES NOT MEAN YOU 
WILL MAKE IT IN ONE TO TWO HOURS. THIS IS HOW FAST THIS SITUATION 
MAY DETERIORATE AS MORE RAINFALL MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. THERE IS 
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN TODAY AND THE UTILITY 
SYSTEM AND THE SATURATED GROUND CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...DULUTH...GRAND MARAIS...ADOLPH...ALGER...ARNOLD...BEAVER 
BAY...CASTLE DANGER...CHESTER PARK DULUTH...EAGLE MOUNTAIN...
FINLAND...FRENCH RIVER...GRAND PORTAGE...HERMANTOWN...HOVLAND...
ILLGEN CITY...KNIFE RIVER...LAKEWOOD TWP...LARSMONT...LESTER PARK 
DULUTH...LITTLE MARAIS...LUTSEN...MUNGER...MURPHY 
CITY...PALMERS...RICE LAKE TWP...SCHROEDER...SILVER BAY...TACONITE 
HARBOR...TOFTE AND TWO HARBORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4783 8994 4773 9042 4760 9076 4702 9163
      4673 9218 4680 9239 4798 9087 4811 9039
      4812 9018 4808 9000 4800 8989 4804 8977
      4801 8949 4801 8948

$$

PACKINGHAM

607 
WGUS73 KDLH 201544
FFSDLH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1044 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

MNC031-075-137-202130-
/O.CON.KDLH.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120620T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAKE MN-COOK MN-ST. LOUIS MN-
1044 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR DULUTH AND THE NORTH SHORE 
OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

THE MAYOR OF DULUTH HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF 
DULUTH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. 
LOUIS...COOK AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

AT 1044 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOOD ENHANCING 
RAINFALL MOVING TOWARD DULUTH AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
NOON AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.  THIS IS ON TOP OF THE 5 
TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS DULUTH AND THE 
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT.

THE DULUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO ADVISE NO NON-EMERGENCY 
TRAVEL IN THE CITY. RAINFALL OF NEARLY 8 INCHES IN SPOTS WAS NOTED 
FROM THE DULUTH AREA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 61 OF THE NORTH SHORE. 
VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING EXTENSIVE 
DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF DULUTH...WITH SOME COLLAPSED ROADS AND 
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE 
HAS SHOWN REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING RESCUED...VEHICLES FALLING INTO 
SINKHOLES ON COLLAPSED ROADS AND RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERTAKING 
ROADWAYS. 

WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND 
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR ALL AREAS IN DULUTH AND LONG THE 
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR INCLUDING DULUTH... KNIFE RIVER... TWO 
HARBORS... BEAVER BAY... SILVER BAY... TOFTE... STATE HIGHWAY 61 AND 
ALL OTHER ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING...
DULUTH...GRAND MARAIS...ADOLPH...ALGER...ARNOLD...BEAVER 
BAY...CASTLE DANGER...CHESTER PARK DULUTH...EAGLE 
MOUNTAIN...FINLAND...FRENCH RIVER...GRAND PORTAGE...
HERMANTOWN...HOVLAND...ILLGEN CITY...KNIFE 
RIVER...LAKEWOOD TOWNSGHIP...LARSMONT...LESTER PARK DULUTH...LITTLE 
MARAIS...LUTSEN...MUNGER...MURPHY CITY...PALMERS...RICE LAKE 
TWP...SCHROEDER...SILVER BAY...TACONITE HARBOR...TOFTE AND TWO 
HARBORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS...6 INCHES OF MOVING 
WATER WILL MOVE MOST AUTOMOBILES... AND 18 INCHES OF MOVING WATER 
WILL SWEEP AWAY ALMOST ALL VEHICLES INCLUDING SUVS

&&

LAT...LON 4783 8994 4773 9042 4760 9076 4702 9163
      4673 9218 4680 9239 4798 9087 4811 9039
      4812 9018 4808 9000 4800 8989 4804 8977
      4801 8949 4801 8948

$$
 MILLER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
925 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...CONCERNING ONGOING HEAVY RAINFALL/FLASH FLOODING
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...

**POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING HEAVY RAINFALL/FLASH FLOOD EVENT
CONTINUES TO EVOLVE ACROSS A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA**

INITIAL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OFFSHORE INTO
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NW WISCONSIN AS OF 915 PM CDT.
HOWEVER..SURFACE WARM FRONT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY FROM NEAR ST
CLOUD..EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR SIREN AND HAYWARD..TO JUST SOUTH
OF IRONWOOD.  VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS IN THE 925-850 MB
LAYER REMAINS ANCHORED PARALLEL TO AND JUST NORTH OF THE SURFACE
FRONT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NEAR DULUTH AND IS BEING
ENHANCED BY INCREASING SWRLY LOW LEVEL JET OVER SOUTHERN MN WHICH
CONTINUES TO FOCUS A FEED OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR AND COPIOUS
MOISTURE (PWAT VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES) INTO THE FRONTAL
CIRCULATION ZONE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN CONTINUED AND PERSISTENT
THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT FROM THE ALEXANDRIA AREA TO BRAINERD AND
JUST WEST OF DULUTH.

WHILE THERE APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST SOME SMALL RISK OF ADDITIONAL
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT PER SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS 1226
AND 1227..THE PRIMARY RISK REMAINS HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING
OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE NORTHLAND.  THIS WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO
THE NIGHT IN MOST LOCATIONS.  FLOODING THREAT MAY BE DIMINISHING
SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE IRON RANGE AS LOW LEVEL COOLER OUTFLOW HAS
PUSHED EFFECTIVE FOCUSING BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD INTO THE BRAINERD TO
DULUTH CORRIDOR /CLOSER TO THE WARM FRONT/..WHICH MAY ACT TO FOCUS
HEAVIEST RATES TO THE SOUTH OF THE IRON RANGE CITIES.  AFTER A BRIEF
BREAK IN THE DULUTH AREA AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE..ADDITIONAL
TSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS THIS AREA WITHIN THE
HOUR.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND WATER COVERED ROADS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA..AND WE CANNOT EMPHASIZE
STRONGLY ENOUGH THE HIGH END NATURE OF THE FLOODING THREAT
OVERNIGHT. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE DULUTH AREA AND ALONG THE
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR..WHERE FLOODING THREAT WILL BE ENHANCED
BY 1000-1500 FOOT TERRAIN DROP AND FLOOD WATERS RUSHING DOWN THE
HILL.  STORM SEWERS IN DULUTH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS EXPLODING FROM
EXCESS WATER PRESSURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL..ALONG WITH FLOODING
IN THE TUNNELS ON INTERSTATE 35 IN DULUTH.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS
ALSO AFFECTING ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE..AND ANY
CAMPGROUNDS AND RIVER/ROAD INTERACTIONS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE COULD
BECOME POTENTIAL DEATH TRAPS OVERNIGHT WHEN THE FLOOD THREAT IS
EXACERBATED BY DARKNESS AND LACK OF VISIBILITY.

&&

.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  58  72  53  72 /  80  70  20  10
INL  57  71  49  71 /  70  40  10  20
BRD  63  71  55  74 /  80  70  10  20
HYR  69  78  54  76 /  60  70  40  10
ASX  64  79  55  74 /  50  70  40  10

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MNZ012-019>021-
     025-026-033>038.

WI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIZ001-006.

LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT
     WEDNESDAY FOR LSZ141>147.

&&

 MILLER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
948 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-201030-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
948 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. A TORNADO CAN'T BE
RULED OUT EITHER...WITH THE THREAT HIGHEST FROM NEAR MILLE LACS
EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE
SEVERE THREAT...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND INTO
WEDNESDAY. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NEAR AITKIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS...AND THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE
WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHLAND.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-201030-
BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN-
GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN-
TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN-
SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN-
DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI-
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI-
948 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE
NEARSHORE WATER OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS
AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT IN THESE AREAS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE
MARINE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE DULUTH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN
LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MORE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

MELDE

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1019 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1019 PM     HEAVY RAIN       HIBBING                 47.40N 92.95W
06/19/2012  M2.25 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24-HR TOTAL

&&

HLUCHAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1026 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1026 PM     HEAVY RAIN       IRON JUNCTION           47.42N 92.61W
06/19/2012  M3.00 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 6 AM

&&

HLUCHAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1045 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SILVER BAY              47.29N 91.28W
06/19/2012  M2.27 INCH       LAKE               MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING

&&

KK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1046 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1043 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 NW TWO HARBORS        47.08N 91.75W
06/19/2012  M4.82 INCH       LAKE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED BETWEEN 445 PM - 1030 PM

&&

STEWART

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1055 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1054 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 NW DULUTH             46.83N 92.19W
06/19/2012  M3.28 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MN   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            SO FAR TODAY

&&

HLUCHAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1125 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

MNZ037-038-WIZ001-200515-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-PINE-
1125 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...

AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SCANLON TO
NICKERSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST DULUTH...        PROCTOR...            HARLIS...
  GARY NEW DULUTH...    NEW DULUTH...         FOND DU LAC...
  FOXBORO...            DULUTH...             PATZAU...
  OLIVER...             SUPERIOR...           CHAFFEY...
  SOUTH RANGE...        WENTWORTH...          HAWTHORNE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4639 9257 4686 9248 4680 9206 4678 9207
      4673 9204 4669 9196 4670 9194 4670 9182
      4671 9175 4630 9187

KK