122  
WGUS85 KBOI 311842  
FLSBOI  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID  
1242 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
OREGON...  
 
SILVIES RIVER NEAR BURNS AFFECTING HARNEY COUNTY.  
 
MALHEUR RIVER NEAR VALE AFFECTING MALHEUR COUNTY.  
 
.SNOW MELT AND RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL CAUSE THE RIVER FLOWS TO  
REMAIN HIGH.  
 
FOR THE SILVIES RIVER...INCLUDING BURNS...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM MDT /400 AM  
PDT/.  
 
 
 
ORC045-011100-  
/O.EXT.KBOI.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250401T1643Z/  
/VALO3.1.DR.250328T0031Z.250330T0815Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1242 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2025 /1142 AM PDT MON MAR 31 2025/  
 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR A RESERVOIR FLOODGATE RELEASES NOW IN EFFECT  
UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...MALHEUR RIVER NEAR VALE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 19.5 FEET, THE RIVER WILL BEGIN SPILLING OVER ITS  
BANK FLOODING FARMLAND BETWEEN VALE AND ONTARIO. WATER WILL BEGIN  
APPROACHING LOW SPOTS ON BUTTE DRIVE. WATER WILL APPROACH THE 36TH  
STREET BRIDGE UPSTREAM FROM ONTARIO ABOUT 8 HOURS AFTER FLOOD  
STAGE IS EXCEEDED NEAR VALE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:30 AM MDT MONDAY /10:30 AM PDT MONDAY/ THE STAGE WAS  
19.4 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY NEAR FLOOD  
STAGE AROUND 19.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
20.1 FEET ON 02/08/1951.  
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4395 11745 4402 11725 4407 11698 4403 11697  
4390 11732  
 
 
 
ORC025-011100-  
/O.EXT.KBOI.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250403T0057Z/  
/BUSO3.1.SM.250325T1337Z.250329T1630Z.250402T1857Z.UU/  
1142 AM PDT MON MAR 31 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SILVIES RIVER NEAR BURNS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND AFFECTING ROADS AND  
HOMES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:00 AM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 11:00 AM PDT MONDAY WAS 13.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
13.2 FEET ON 03/19/2017.  
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4363 11910 4365 11907 4357 11897 4354 11902  
 
 
 
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