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Flood Watch has been issued for Burnett and Washburn counties including the communities of Grantsburg...Siren...Spooner and Shell Lake

Flood Watch
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
...HEAVY RAINS WILL REACH THE NORTHLAND THURSDAY...
.RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL
INGEST DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF...BRINGING HEAVY RAINS
TO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA EARLY THURSDAY AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FIRST SHOT OF RAIN WILL DIMINISH FROM
WEST TO EAST AS THE DEEPENING LOW MOVES OVER LAKE SUPERIOR
THURSDAY NIGHT. A SECOND LOW WILL DEEPEN OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT AND BRING A SECOND SHOT OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE
AREA FRIDAY. A CHANGEOVER FROM HEAVY RAIN TO SUBSTANTIAL SNOW WILL
REDUCE THE FLOOD THREAT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA FRIDAY AND FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW...WIND...AND TEMPERATURES WELL
BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE THE FLOODING THREAT
FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE FLOOD
WATCH PERIOD. THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY
RAINS. VEGETATION IS DORMANT AND UNABLE TO ABSORB LARGE AMOUNTS OF
RAINFALL. MELTING OF REMAINING SNOW COVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SIGNIFICANT WITH THIS POTENTIAL FLOODING SITUATION. AGAIN...A
CHANGEOVER TO SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND SUBFREEZING WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO MITIGATE THE FLOOD THREAT DURING THE WEEKEND.