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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID

221 PM MDT THU JUL 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALLIS



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 219 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



.HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED IN MALM GULCH...WHICH IS ALONG HIGHWAY 75 

BETWEEN CHALLIS AND CLAYTON.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4424 11464 4407 11437 4449 11389 4465 11424



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