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000 

WGUS75 KBOI 112357

FFSBOI



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID

557 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009



IDC039-073-120115-

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

ELMORE ID-OWYHEE ID-

557 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL OWYHEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTIES...



AT 552 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GRAND VIEW. RADAR ESTIMATED ABOUT 1.25 

INCH OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 445 AND 545 PM MDT...NEAR THE INTERSECTION 

OF GRANDVIEW ROAD AND CHATTIN ROAD. HIGH LINE CREEK RUNS NEAR THAT

INTERSECTION. RAINFALL HAS DECREASED SINCE 545 PM BUT FLOODING MAY

CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



&&



LAT...LON 4295 11618 4310 11617 4311 11601 4310 11600

      4298 11598



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