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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1154 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE ID HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
OWYHEE RIVER BELOW OWYHEE DAM AFFECTING MALHEUR COUNTY.
.HIGH RELEASES WILL CONTINUE FROM OWYHEE DAM TO MAKE SPACE IN THE
RESERVOIR FOR ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT. EXPECT MINOR FLOODING
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM.
FOR THE OWYHEE RIVER...INCLUDING OWYHEE DAM...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT
/1100 AM PDT/.
ORC045-241800-
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/OWYO3.1.DR.240423T1520Z.240423T1630Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1154 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2024 /1054 AM PDT TUE APR 23 2024/
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OWYHEE RIVER BELOW OWYHEE DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 3,000 CFS, LOW LYING ROADS, RIVER ACCESS AND
RECREATION SITES ADJACENT TO THE RIVER WILL FLOOD. FARM EQUIPMENT
NEAR THE RIVER MAY NEED TO BE MOVED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM MDT TUESDAY /9:30 AM PDT TUESDAY/ THE FLOW WAS
3,596 CFS.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 1,000 CFS.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER FLOW IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:30 AM MDT TUESDAY /9:30 AM PDT TUESDAY/ WAS
3,596 CFS.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR 3,500 CFS
THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 03.
- FLOOD FLOW IS 3,000 CFS.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
3,560 CFS ON 04/20/1999.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4367 11730 4381 11717 4385 11703 4377 11703
4364 11721
TL
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