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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1024 AM MDT MON APR 24 2023
..INCREASED SNOWMELT AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEK
ENHANCED SNOWMELT IS LIKELY THIS WEEK AS WARMER TEMPERATURES
SPREAD INTO THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY, A QUARTER TO OVER THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY WITH ELEVATED SNOW LEVELS NEAR 7500
FEET MSL. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD OVERFLOW ALONG WITH
ADDITIONAL PONDING OF LOWLAND FARMLAND WHERE APPRECIABLE SNOW IS
STILL LEFT TO MELT. RESULTANT FLOODING COULD IMPACT AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS ALONG WITH AREA ROADS, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES. INCREASED
RELEASES ON SMALL RESERVOIRS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, WHICH COULD
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RISES DOWNSTREAM ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS.
CLEAR SNOW, ICE AND DEBRIS FROM CULVERTS AND OTHER FLOW PATHS TO
ALLOW RUNOFF TO FLOW AWAY FROM BUILDINGS AND OTHER VULNERABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE. MOVE DEEP SNOW AWAY FROM THE FOUNDATIONS OF
BUILDINGS, AND MOVE EQUIPMENT AND LIVESTOCK OUT OF POORLY DRAINED
OR LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER, IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY,
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
HIDDEN UNDER THE WATER. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS.
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