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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO

613 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

  CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

  WESTERN CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

  EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

  WEST CENTRAL TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...



* UNTIL 815 PM MDT.



* AT 607 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16

  MILES NORTHEAST OF POPLAR TO BANCROFT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

  FROM 9 MILES EAST OF MOODY TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAVA HOT

  SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 3 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  HATCH.



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 4265 11172 4277 11212 4362 11170 4363 11161

      4365 11162 4366 11168 4384 11158 4378 11120



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