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000 

WGUS75 KPIH 010103

FFSPIH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO

703 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



IDC011-019-029-065-081-010215-

/O.CON.KPIH.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080901T0215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TETON ID-CARIBOU ID-BONNEVILLE ID-BINGHAM ID-MADISON ID-

703 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM...CENTRAL BONNEVILLE...

WESTERN CARIBOU AND WEST CENTRAL TETON COUNTIES...



AT 657 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POPLAR TO BANCROFT...OR ALONG A

LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF MOODY TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF

LAVA HOT SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 3 MPH.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



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



$$



HANKO

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000 

WGUS75 KPIH 010103

FFSPIH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO

703 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



IDC011-019-029-065-081-010215-

/O.CON.KPIH.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080901T0215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TETON ID-CARIBOU ID-BONNEVILLE ID-BINGHAM ID-MADISON ID-

703 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM...CENTRAL BONNEVILLE...

WESTERN CARIBOU AND WEST CENTRAL TETON COUNTIES...



AT 657 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POPLAR TO BANCROFT...OR ALONG A

LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF MOODY TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF

LAVA HOT SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 3 MPH.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



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



$$



HANKO

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