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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
553 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE WAPATI BURN SCAR IN...
WEST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT.
* AT 553 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WAPITI BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE WAPITI BURN SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND
THE WAPATI BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE WAPATI BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAPE HORN AREA AND BANNER SUMMIT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE WAPITI BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS, ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4417 11511 4419 11513 4420 11516 4424 11517
4425 11516 4426 11517 4429 11518 4428 11520
4430 11521 4430 11524 4432 11526 4440 11518
4435 11509 4440 11504 4438 11501 4432 11504
4423 11497 4420 11498 4418 11504
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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