Seriously?

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN…
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN MINNESOTA…
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS…CENTRAL ST. LOUIS…NORTHERN
COOK/NORTHERN LAKE…PINE…SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE AND
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE. IN WISCONSIN…ASHLAND…BAYFIELD…
BURNETT…DOUGLAS…IRON…PRICE…SAWYER AND WASHBURN.

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS INTO
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF
THE SYSTEM…A RAPID INCREASE IN VERY MOIST AIR WILL OCCUR. THIS
MOIST AIR WILL LIFT OVER THE TOP OF MUCH COOLER AIR ORIGINATING
FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY
LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES…ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A CASS LAKE TO TWIN PORTS TO IRONWOOD LINE.
RAIN SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM AND IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THE AREA OF MOST SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL SHIFT.

* DUE TO THE RECENT EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING OVER COOK
COUNTY…THIS STORM WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CAREFULLY. ALTHOUGH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS GREAT AS THE PREVIOUS
SYSTEM…SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.