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WGUS45 KPIH 011737
FLWPIH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1137 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO ID HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...
BLACKFOOT RIVER NEAR SHELLEY (WOLVERINE CANYON) AFFECTING BINGHAM
COUNTY.
.SNOW MELT AND INCREASED RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL CAUSE THE RIVER
FLOWS TO BECOME HIGH. EXPECT MINOR FLOODING DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO.
IDC011-022000-
/O.NEW.KPIH.FL.W.0003.240501T1737Z-000000T0000Z/
/SHLI1.1.SM.240501T0307Z.240501T1100Z.000000T0000Z.NR/
1137 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2024
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...BLACKFOOT RIVER NEAR SHELLEY (WOLVERINE CANYON).
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.5 FEET, FROM THE MOUTH OF WOLVERINE CANYON UPSTREAM
TO THE BLACKFOOT DAM, WATER FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE. UNIMPROVED
CAMPGROUNDS MAY HAVE WATER SEEPING OR PONDING IN THEM ALONG WITH
STRONG FLOWS AT RIVER'S EDGE. FLAT AREAS ALONG THE RIVER AND
CROPLANDS MAY HAVE WATER PONDING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM MDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:30 AM MDT WEDNESDAY WAS 8.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.6 FEET ON 05/15/1984.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (UNKNOWN TIME)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME D1 D2 D3
BLACKFOOT RIVER
SHELLEY (WOLVERINE CANYON 8.5 8.8 WED 10 AM MD MSG MSG MSG
LAT...LON 4292 11185 4322 11215 4332 11204 4302 11164
GK
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