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WGUS75 KBOI 062217

FFSBOI

IDC027-062315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID

415 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL 

CANYON COUNTY...



AT 415 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.  CALDWELL AIRPORT HAS REPORTED 1.10 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR.  RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

OCCURRED JUST EAST OF THE CITY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY OF 

CALDWELL. FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG MASON CREEK...SOLOMAN DRAIN 

AND NOBLE DRAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4367 11652 4357 11657 4368 11681 4378 11679

      4377 11660



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