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WGUS45 KPIH 011747
FLWPIH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1147 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 BLACKFOOT (BUTTE RD-FT HALL) 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-
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/BLFI1.N.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1147 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2024
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR.
* WHERE...BLACKFOOT RIVER NEAR BLACKFOOT (BUTTE RD-FT HALL).
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.5 FEET, NEARING BANKFULL FROM NEAR BLACKFOOT
DOWNSTREAM TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE SNAKE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM MDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.8 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
5.5 FEET ON 06/12/1984.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (UNKNOWN TIME)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME D1 D2 D3
BLACKFOOT RIVER
BLACKFOOT (BUTTE RD-FT HALL 5.8 5.6 WED 10 AM MD MSG MSG MSG
LAT...LON 4312 11252 4315 11249 4317 11234 4332 11204
4322 11215 4313 11232
GK
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