035
FGUS85 KPIH 170934
RVSPIH
IDC005-171833-
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
334 AM MDT WED APR 17 2019
..HIGH FLOWS ON THE PORTNEUFF RIVER AT POCATELLO THIS MORNING
RECENT RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWMELT HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN FLOWS ON THE PORTNEUFF RIVER NEAR POCATELLO, AS THE RIVER HAS RETURNED TO BANKFULL THIS MORNING. WITH WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AN ACCELERATION IN HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWMELT SHOULD CAUSE THE RIVER TO REMAIN AROUND BANKFULL STAGE AND POSSIBLY APPROACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE. AT BANKFULL, WATER WILL ENCROACH ONTO PORTIONS OF THE BIKE AND WALKING TRAIL NEAR THE RIVER AT SACAJAWEA PARK IN POCATELLO. KEEP CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM THE COLD, FAST MOVING WATERS.
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