Heavy rains north, drying out Wednesday
Slow moving thunderstorms in a tropical air mass are dumping heavy rainfall once again in northern Minnesota. Flooding is reported in and around Grand Rapids this morning. The Doppler radar indicates a 2- to 3-inch rainfall zone in the area.
655 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
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SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 650 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA THAT WILL
IS CAUSING FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 169 AND ON RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF
GRAND RAPIDS. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HIBBING...GRAND RAPIDS...COHASSET...COLERAINE...DEER RIVER...
SWAN RIVER...FLOODWOOD...TACONITE...WARBA...TOIVOLA...BENA...
FEDERAL DAM...ZEMPLE...BOY RIVER...PENGILLY...BALL CLUB...
JACOBSON...POKEGAMA DAM...GUNN AND DAYS HIGH LANDING.
WHILE RAIN HAS MAINLY ENDED IN AND WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF GRAND
RAPIDS.
The cool front slides into the Twin Cities during the midday hours. There's still a chance for spotty thunderstorms from the metro east today. Wednesday looks quiet before the next wave of storms arrives Thursday.
The heat and humidity hang around through Thursday, then cooler air arrives by Friday. Some heat may return next week.
