804
WGUS65 KMSO 292129
FFAMSO
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
229 PM MST THU JAN 29 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA MT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...
LEMHI RIVER NEAR LEMHI AFFECTING LEMHI COUNTY.
FOR THE LEMHI RIVER...INCLUDING NEAR LEMHI...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 400 PM MST.
IDC059-312300-
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229 PM MST THU JAN 29 2026
...FLOOD WATCH FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 28 IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...LEMHI RIVER NEAR NEAR LEMHI.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, EXPECT POSSIBLE FLOODING TO HIGHWAY 28 FROM
TENDOY TO SALMON.
AT 8.5 FEET, POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO IRRIGATION DIVERSION HEADGATES AND
DITCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:00 PM MST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER STAGE CONTINUES TO FLUCTUATE
BETWEEN 6.5 FEET AND 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BASED ON THE LATEST
FORECAST INFORMATION.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5 FEET. RECORD FLOOD STAGE IS 7.2 FEET.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MSO/HYDROLOGY
LAT...LON 4476 11337 4471 11327 4457 11318 4456 11331
4464 11340 4474 11353 4482 11367 4498 11372
4509 11381 4512 11385 4515 11393 4522 11385
4508 11361 4497 11355 4487 11352
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