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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO

224 PM MDT TUE JUN 2 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUBLETT...MARION...MALTA...IDAHOME...

  HEGLAR...BASIN...

  WESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

  SOUTH CENTRAL POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...



* UNTIL 515 PM MDT



* AT 220 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...

   IDAHOME...



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 4236 11407 4264 11272 4212 11255 4201 11298

      4201 11406



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