3 to nearly 12 inches of rain fell in parts of northwest Wisconsin and far eastern Minnesota early Sunday morning – Flooding is ongoing in those areas. Additional showers/t-storms through this evening with heavy rain, Flash Flood Watch remains in effect

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/Issued 10:42 AM CDT, Sunday, June 17, 2018

Source:  http://weather.cod.edu

850mb dew point map for Sunday morning, June 17, 2018

Source:  http://weather.cod.edu

500mb map for Sunday morning, June 17, 2018

Source:  https://www.weather.gov/dlh/

Source:  http://weather.cod.edu

Goes-16 infrared satellite loop from late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, June 16-17, 2018.  Colder cloud tops show up in the darkest colors — Nearly stationary thunderstorms producing extremely heavy rainfall setup just south of Duluth early Sunday morning with parts of east central Minnesota into northwest Wisconsin receiving anywhere from 3 to nearly 12 inches of rain!

Source:  http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov

Source:  http://weather.cod.edu

14z HRRR model run — Simulated Radar forecast from Noon today to 3 AM Monday.

Unfortunately with a frontal boundary and deep tropical moisture remaining over the Northland, another round or two of showers and thunderstorms are likely into this evening.  East central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin appear to have the greatest potential for heavy rain through this evening, but some downpours can’t be ruled out farther north across northern Minnesota and the North Shore areas.  Note:  This pattern will finally break down by Monday morning which will end the threat for additional heavy rain in our area.

Local Storm Reports for June 16 through 17, 2018
Source:  https://www.weather.gov/dlh/

9:40 AM CDT:  Heavy Rain — 5.25 inches.  10 W Drummond, WI (Bayfield County)  Fell overnight.

8:55 AM CDT 6/17:  Heavy Rain — 3.43 inches.  7 SSE Wales, MN (Lake County)  Rainfall total since 7 PM Saturday (16th)

8:35 AM CDT 6/17:  Heavy Rain — 5.00 inches.  Breezy Point, MN (Crow Wing County)  Rainfall total since 8 AM Saturday (16th)

5:10 AM CDT 6/17:  Flood — 5 SSW Gurney, WI (Ashland County)  Tyler Forks River flowing quickly over State Highway 169.

2:17 AM CDT 6/17:  Flash Flood — 2 SW Sanborn, WI (Bayfield County)  Argo road 12 miles south of Ashland is washed out.

2:14 AM CDT 6/17:  Flash Flood — Foxboro, WI (Douglas County)  Report of flooding in the Foxboro area and rainfall amounts in excess of 8 inches.

2:14 AM CDT 6/17:  Flash Flood — 8 W Solon Springs, WI (Douglas County)  County Highway A between Solon Springs and Amnicon Lake is flooded.  Some trees down as well.

1:40 AM CDT 6/16:  Flash Flood — 2 S Glen, MN (Aitkin County)  State Highway 47 is washed out south of Glen.

1:36 AM CDT 6/17:  Flash Flood — 1 S Pleasant Valley, MN (Carlton County)  State Highway 23 is washed out at the Nemadji River mile marker 322.

1:23 AM CDT 6/17:  Flash Flood — 1 N Moose Junction, MN (Douglas County)  Multiple roads reported washed out in the Summit and Dairyland areas.

10:26 PM CDT 6/16:  Heavy Rain — 1.28 inches.  Kettle River, MN (Carlton County)  25 minute rainfall total.

10:18 PM CDT 6/16:  Hail — 0.25 inch.  6 E Woodrow, MN (Crow Wing County)  One minute of pea sized hail per spotter report.

4:53 PM CDT 6/16:  Flash Flood — 5 NE Cook, MN (St. Louis County)  Luthey Road and Beaty Road closed due to washouts and water over roadway.

*Additional rainfall reports*
Source:  https://www.weather.gov/dlh/

Note:  Totals listed below are from June 16-17, 2018, ending around 6 AM on the 17th.

2 W Drummond, WI:  11.28 in
2.2 S Barnes, WI:  9.26 in
11 SSE Brule, WI:  6.96 in
7.8 SSW Poplar, WI:  5.56 in
7.2 SE Iron River, WI:  5.42 in
14.8 S Superior, WI:  5.15 in
1 SSW Pleasant Valley, MN 4.39 in
Bruno, MN:  4.20 in
6 ENE Patzau, WI:  4.02 in
7 WNW Minong, WI:  3.38 in
6 ESE Cloverdale, WI:  2.68 in
4 SSE South Range, WI:  2.61 in
13 SSE Littlefork, MN:  2.57 in
2 SW Moose Lake, MN:  2.28 in
Washburn, WI:  2.25 in
Ashland, WI:  1.72 in
Hayward, WI:  1.66 in
Brainerd, MN:  1.30 in
2 ENE Oliver, WI:  1.11 in
International Falls, MN:  0.84 in
Duluth Airport:  0.83 in
Grand Marais, MN:  0.73 in

Road closures map

Minnesota:  https://lb.511mn.org/mnlb/winterdriving/routeselect.jsf

Wisconsin:  https://511wi.gov/map

MN 23 in both directions: Road closed for repairs.
•Between County Highway 8 and County Highway 1 (4 to 6 miles west of the Wrenshall area). The road is closed for repairs. All lanes are blocked. Look out for bridge damage due to a flash flood.
Last updated today at 4:17am CDT

•Incident on WIS 35 Both Directions at COUNTY B. Full roadway closure in both directions. Last Updated Jun 17 2018, 4:09 AM.

•Incident on US 53 Southbound at US 2. Full roadway closure in one direction. Last Updated Jun 17 2018, 7:28 AM.

•Incident on US 63 Both Directions at BURGESON RD. Full roadway closure in both directions. Last Updated Jun 17 2018, 4:07 AM.

•Incident on US 2 Both Directions at US 63. Full roadway closure in both directions. Last Updated Jun 17 2018, 4:54 AM.

•Incident on WIS 77 Both Directions at CASEY SAG RD. Full roadway closure in both directions. Last Updated Jun 16 2018, 7:06 PM.

•Incident on WIS 77 Both Directions at WIS 122N. Full roadway closure in both directions. Last Updated Jun 16 2018, 11:16 AM.



Link to River Gauge Forecasts across the Northland:  https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=DLH

Tim


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