Weather bulletin from the National Weather Service office in Duluth:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED AN
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
* NORTHEASTERN AITKIN COUNTY
* EASTERN ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS
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* NORTHWESTERN CARLTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
* WESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
* CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HIBBING...ELY...COOK...
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
AT 758 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOIL WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ALONG STREAMS...AND AROUND DITCHES ALONG ROADWAYS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
