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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID

1143 AM MDT WED SEP 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POCATELLO...



* UNTIL 145 PM MDT.



* AT 1142 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  POCATELLO...INKOM...BLACK ROCK CANYON... GIBSON JACK CANYON...

  AND CANYONS AND STREAMS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PORTNEUF RANGE

  NORTH OF MCCAMMON THAT FEED INTO THE PORTNEUF RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4272 11245 4274 11246 4275 11249 4295 11252

      4296 11215 4277 11213 4276 11214 4273 11212

TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 180DEG 0KT 4286 11238



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