...A STORMY AND WET WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
NORTHLAND LATE THIS WEEK AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...POTENTIALLY
RESULTING IN HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL BE IN A PROLONGED
AND POTENTIALLY VERY WET WEATHER PATTERN LATE THURSDAY AND
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO
PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND WILL
PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR SEVERAL BOUTS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
EACH ROUND COULD BRING SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING.
HOWEVER...EACH SUBSEQUENT ROUND OF STORMS COULD RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE ABILITY OF THE SOIL TO EFFICIENTLY
ABSORB ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...AND OVERALL RESULT IN AN INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO FLASH FLOODING FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHLAND.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THIS PROLONGED STORMY PERIOD...AND SOME AREAS COULD GET
OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN.
LOW LYING AREAS...HILLY TERRAIN...CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS...AND
URBAN AREAS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO GET AFFECTED BY ANY
FLASH FLOODING. IF ENOUGH RAINS FALL OVER PARTS OF THE
NORTHLAND...THEN THERE COULD BE FLOODING ON SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS.