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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID

424 PM MDT TUE JUL 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALLIS...



* UNTIL 630 PM MDT.



* AT 420 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A MUDSLIDE SOUTH OF CHALLIS. 



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN INCH OF 

RAIN IN 30 MINUTES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

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

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

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4439 11435 4434 11399 4456 11391 4469 11409



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