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WGUS75 KPIH 170044

FFSPIH

IDC031-170200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID

640 PM MDT MON MAY 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR CASSIA

COUNTY...



AT 633 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF ALBION WHERE SEVERAL HOMES HAVE

BASEMENT FLOODING.



MANY LOCATIONS IN CASSIA COUNTY HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR 

WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND AREAS WHERE POOR 

DRAINAGE EXITS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IDAHOME...

HEGLAR...DECLO AND ALBION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4204 11421 4203 11304 4256 11303 4257 11338

      4245 11403



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