Flood Warning in Pine County, Minnesota
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
4/16/2023 11:35:00 AM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
4/16/2023 11:35:00 AM until 4/17/2023 6:30:00 PM
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by rain and snowmelt is occurring.
* WHERE...Portions of Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, including
the following areas, in Minnesota, Aitkin, Carlton, Lake, Pine and
St. Louis County. In northwest Wisconsin, Douglas County.
* WHEN...Until 400 PM CDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads
remain closed due to flooding. Streams continue to rise due to
excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1134 AM CDT, emergency management reported flooding in the
warned area. Flooding is already occurring.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Superior, Cloquet, Hermantown, Two Harbors, Proctor,
Sandstone, Moose Lake, Scanlon, Carlton, Mahtowa, Barnum,
Floodwood, Willow River, Askov, Cromwell, Rutledge, Kettle
River, Thomson, Brookston and Tamarack.
- Flood safety information can be found at
www.weather.gov/safety/flood.




